The boss sat in at the latest conference as club power brokers weighed up the pros and cons of what could be a ground-breaking move for bush footy in the Central West.

The change would see Group 10 and Group 11 break off into three groups of five with teams matched together based on location and club/town population.

For example, clubs like Blayney and Narromine (who both have a smaller player pool to select from) won't soon be thrown in with more prolific sides like Hawks and Panthers.

Johnston also touched on the matter of travel time, suggesting clubs like Cowra will no longer need to take the two-hour plus trip to Lithgow under the new format.

And even though it's largely speculation at this point, Johnston can't help but think the proposed change is for the best.

"At the meeting there seemed to be 100 percent positivity between the two groups," Johnston said.

"When you look at the smaller clubs, this format seems to suit them a lot better."

"Teams like Blayney, Cowra and Narromine won't need to be regularly coming up against Dubbo and CYMS."

Group 10 President Linore Zamparini backed that train of thought, confirming small-town sides won't be asked to come up against the 'larger centres' more than necessary.

"It's all open for discussion at the moment but it's no good putting sides like Blayney up against sides like Mudgee," Zamparini said.

"We don't want to put the bigger, strong centres up against those smaller centres because it just doesn't work.

"We've got a fair way to go with the planning but that's something we'll take into consideration."

Reverting back to Johnston's stance, he thinks the player points system is one of the bigger hurdles to overcome as Group 10 has a budget for high profile recruits, whereas Group 11 recently scrapped theirs.

"If we had two-three more months it's something we could look at for next season," he said.

It's not as if the groups are flying blind when it comes to the integration of both regions as recent Maas Group Western Youth League competition sparked positive feedback from all the sides involved.

"it's going to be cool to try something different," he said.

"The junior competition seemed to get a positive response from everyone who took part in it." The suggested season length is 12 weeks with pool meetings accounting for eight of the scheduled contests.