They've brought it up in some of the videos (the ones that had Scarizard before he left, and Ghostcrawler). I don't think they were talking about Riot's plans as a whole, but the individuals brought up the idea of rotating rosters per season. Like in season 15, maybe they limit you to only choosing from 15 of the available 25 ADCs, 5 of the 7 melee carries, 10 of the 15 tanks, etc. Then rotate who's available/not available per season, to keep things fresh.
It sounded like they thought there was still tons of fertile design space open. And since they're only doing 6 champs a year (instead ~20 like back in 2011). Honestly, the ~140 we have now is already a ton. To make it significantly more difficult to balance than it is currently,