The way the partnership and league is right now is structured in a horizontal stacks way (tier 1/tier 2/the rest) so here is what i would do :

• i think the only way to do it is to change the franchising from that horizontal stack to a vertical stack with rankings per sub league,
• Teams would be partnered with regional TOs such as NA, Brazil, France, DACH, North/East,...
• EACH regional TO would have their cup that winning would lead to Valorant Tier 1 tourneys (masters, Kickoff and champ),
• if you grind the tournament and regional league you get invited (a la CS2)
• the way to get into the regional league would be through premier or invites with a solid case ( in a pre partnership)
• partnered teams are here for 2 years and safe from relegation
• Classic skins are only here during a Masters or Champions tourney with the teams invited
• (make skins or stickers or sprays that we can put on gun skins pls riot that way we could have players signatures too)