BBC Sport has reported the RFU have confirmed plans to make changes to the play-off system in the Championship from next season in an attempt to reward the most successful teams from the regular season while making promotion and relegation more straight forward.

The top four clubs will play semi-finals over two legs before the winners contest a two-legged final to decide which team is promoted to the Aviva Premiership. Meanwhile the bottom team will be relegated. In the current system brought in in the 2009/10 season which saw the league become fully professional, the top eight clubs entered the promotion play-offs in two pools of four teams, with the top two teams going forward to two-legged semi-finals before a two-legged final. The bottom four clubs entered the relegation play-off pool.

While the current system was established to increase revenues and prolong the excitement and involvement of all of the clubs, opponents criticised the relative lack of importance of the regular season and the failure to suitably reward the clubs finishing at the top of the table.

When the changes come in some of the clubs stand to miss out on the extra matches the play-offs provided, and crucially the much-needed revenue. The RFU have said the missing fixtures will be added to clubs' British and Irish Cup schedules but the precise details have not yet been confirmed. And, in any case, extra matches in the cup may not cheers the clubs' accountants as attendances tend to be lower for these matches versus their league games.

So what are people's thoughts on the changes? Is it fairer to limit promotion to the top four clubs while relegating the team who has performed worst over the season? How much will the changes affect the clubs financially? Will it become even harder for a mid-table club to afford a push up the table? Is there a better way to change the current system than the one the RFU have put forward?