Current:Home > StocksCould a promotion-relegation style system come to college football? One official hopes so. -WealthMindset Learning
Could a promotion-relegation style system come to college football? One official hopes so.
View
Date:2025-04-16 14:10:08
If one official from a Group of Five school had it his way, college football would go to a soccer-style relegation system at the end of each season.
Boise State associate athletic director Michael Walsh is proposing creating an alliance of three tiers of 24 FBS college football teams from the western half of the United States that would be eligible for promotion or relegation at the end of each season.
The teams would come from the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones. The proposal was reviewed by Front Office Sports and looks to stabilize schools that have been looking for ways to stay competitive and relevant amidst the latest round of conference realignment.
"Many, many folks are kicking around concepts of relegation/promotion, or mega-leagues," Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez told Front Office Sports. "This is probably the first I’ve seen of someone really putting pen to paper, and looking at it comprehensively."
STAY UP-TO-DATE: Subscribe to our Sports newsletter for exclusive content
Walsh wants to secure a money-making football package and help the less lucrative Olympic sports avoid traveling all over the country to compete.
Teams would get demoted or promoted based on performance, like European leagues such as the English Premier League. For example, Tier 1 would be the top league, and the worst team in that conference would be demoted to Tier 2, with the Tier 2 league champion being promoted.
In the latest realignment, 10 of the 12 schools of the Pac-12 Conference will be playing elsewhere next season, leaving Oregon State and Washington State to find a new home, and hopefully keep their Power Five status.
veryGood! (7)
Related
- Civic engagement nonprofits say democracy needs support in between big elections. Do funders agree?
- Supreme Court allows investors’ class action to proceed against microchip company Nvidia
- Video shows drone spotted in New Jersey sky as FBI says it is investigating
- Our 12 favorites moments of 2024
- Buckingham Palace staff under investigation for 'bar brawl'
- Stock market today: Asian shares advance, tracking rally on Wall Street
- Hate crime charges dropped against 12 college students arrested in Maryland assault
- Albertsons gives up on Kroger merger and sues the grocery chain for failing to secure deal
- 'Most Whopper
- New Jersey, home to many oil and gas producers, eyes fees to fight climate change
Ranking
- Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow owns a $3 million Batmobile Tumbler
- American who says he crossed into Syria on foot is freed after 7 months in detention
- Stock market today: Asian shares advance, tracking rally on Wall Street
- 'Squid Game' without subtitles? Duolingo, Netflix encourage fans to learn Korean
- What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
- Billboard Music Awards 2024: Complete winners list, including Taylor Swift's historic night
- Most reports ordered by California’s Legislature this year are shown as missing
- Southern California forecast of cool temps, calm winds to help firefighters battle Malibu blaze
Recommendation
FBI: California woman brought sword, whip and other weapons into Capitol during Jan. 6 riot
Chiquis comes from Latin pop royalty. How the regional Mexican star found her own crown
North Dakota regulators consider underground carbon dioxide storage permits for Midwest pipeline
Worst. Tariffs. Ever. (update)
US wholesale inflation accelerated in November in sign that some price pressures remain elevated
Singaporean killed in Johor expressway crash had just paid mum a surprise visit in Genting
US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise
'September 5' depicts shocking day when terrorism arrived at the Olympics