Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell feels the access rules for the Uefa Champions League need to be changed.
At present, the top 12 nations in the Uefa co-efficient rankings table are guaranteed automatic qualification places for the lucrative competition but Lawwell believes that more middle-ranking nations should be given a place.
Scotland currently comes in 16th place and Lawwell has called on a change of rules to help assist his club and others in a similar position.
"I think the access rules should be looked at," Lawwell told The Scotsman. "It gets more difficult all the time for clubs like ourselves to get into the group stage. The fewer occasions we are in the Champions League, the more difficult it gets.
"I would support a change which saw the champions from more middle-ranking nations like Scotland given an automatic place in the group stage. At the moment, there is a polarisation of clubs in Europe and it has a detrimental effect on competition.
"Financially, we are at such a disadvantage here. In addition to the big five nations (England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France), we now have clubs from eastern European nations such as Russia and Ukraine with significant money to spend. You also have clubs from Turkey investing heavily.
"Celtic want to be a Champions League club, we believe that is the stage the club should be on. European football is the key for us financially and having virtually no European football last season had a major effect on our turnover."
