Roleset champion.01 Verbnet Class: 1 "lend aid, credence to":

Roles:

Arg0:helper


Arg1:person or project being supported

Examples:

the one example (-)
This argument is perhaps the most interesting one for abolishing program trading -- not because of its merits, but because of the firms championing the cause.
Arg0:	the firms
REL:	championing
Arg1:	the cause