Hear me out

What if, with the new system where ascended teams have to compete with challengers teams if they perform badly, they make just the worst team in each region compete in ascension instead?

that’s a decent idea, problem is that all partnered teams have contracts to stay until 2027 or smth like that

hear me out
make the worst teams + the ascension teams that perform badly
both play in ascension

Well all the rest of the teams are in partnered contracts guaranteeing them Tier 1 until 2027 for better stability so they are more willing to invest into Valorant esports so they can't just demote them if they do bad BUT Riot may demote them if they want to if they don't like how they run/if they don't follow operational requirements (Bleed) or if they are severely underperforming for those same operational reasons I think?