Piara Power, the chief executive of European anti-discrimination network FARE, believes that there needs to be a solution to the hiring of coaches and managers from varied backgrounds.
A recent report by the House of Commons' culture, media and sport select committee failed to find a way to address the situation and Power suggests they really missed a great opportunity to bridge the racial divide within the world game.
"I think the committee has missed an opportunity here," he said.
"There have been headline issues that English football has experienced over the last year, the Luis Suarez and John Terry cases, and those are very big issues that we need to deal with.
"But the report had no clear direction on diversity hiring practices.
"We now have less racism in football because people respect the achievements of black players but where is their role in the game as coaches and managers. Football needs to be given the lead.
"We have a significant Asian population in Britain but where are the Asian players?"
And Power feels that football in the UK can take a leaf out of the book of America's NFL who have to have at least one ethnic-minority candidate in their managerial shortlists.
"There is an opportunity for us to look at what the US does," he added. "I am not suggesting we replicate it lock, stock and barrel, but to adapt it to English football."
