NCAA shuts down notion that 'Irrelevant Bowl' will be granted waiver: report

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The state of college football bowl games has been widely discussed over the past several weeks. The advent of the College Football Playoffs has somewhat diminished the value of other prominent bowls.

Football programs are still incentivized to win enough games to qualify for a bowl game, but a proposal could actually seek some of the nation's worst teams. High-profile promoter Roy Englebrecht is hoping to create the "Irrelevant Bowl." The proposed game could feature teams that struggled to win games over the course of the regular season.

If the bowl game had actually taken place this season, Vanderbilt and Akron would likely have been two of the top candidates in the bowl's selection process. The Commodores finished the season with two wins while Akron won just one game.

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Even featuring a winless team does not appear to be out of the question for the potential bowl game. But to move from merely a concept to a reality, the NCAA would have to grant a waiver. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

Even featuring a winless team does not appear to be out of the question for the potential bowl game. But to move from merely a concept to a reality, the NCAA would have to grant a waiver.

But NCAA officials told the Action Network that there was "no chance" that the necessary waiver would be granted for the potential "Irrelevant Bowl."

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According to a release sent to Fox News Digital, cities interested in hosting the "Irrelevant Bowl" would submit bids during the year's first quarter. The city that wins the bid