Cornish Pirates chief executive Sally Pettipher said she hopes changes to promotion and relegation to the Prem will lead to greater exposure for Champ sides.
Under the plans, sides wanting to win a place in the top flight would have to apply to join the Prem rather than being promoted purely on sporting merit.
Clubs would have to fulfil criteria looking at infrastructure, finances, investment potential and how their location could help expand the game.
Pirates are one of 14 sides in the second tier, which could be expanded to include ambitious clubs who would not have to come up through the current league pyramid.
“I think what’s clear to me is that the status quo is not acceptable to the Premiership,” Pettipher told BBC Sport.
“We have had professional rugby in this country for several decades now, and a lot of the Championship owners that came with that professionalism, and Pirates among them, are getting to the point where we have to have a rebirth and a new era looking forward, and unfortunately that era is more expensive.
“It is being forced into becoming a new normal and it is a bit of a reality that that new normal is more expensive.
“On the other hand, if the quality of rugby in our league has a light shone on it, and even this debate, as painful as it is, shines a light on how important the Championship is as a proving ground in this country.
“If it shines a bigger light on us to show other people what a fantastic prospect we are for coming into the game, I suppose in some way I’m pleased.”
