Gary Neville was asked on the weekend if a transfer window for managers should be introduced.
Middlesbrough's sacking of Aitor Karanka last week sparked the debate regarding whether or not managers should be given the boot throughout the course of the season.
Former Manchester United captain Neville is firmly of the belief that club owners would not want to see the rules changed as they believe they reserve the right to employ the person they see fit.
"I would support completely the idea that managers can't be sacked during the season," he said on the Gary Neville Podcast.
"When you set off at the start of the season with a manager then he has to be your manager for the entire season.
"Football would support it, in terms of the professional side - I'm not sure whether the owners would.
"But it would mean the players would know you're going to be the manager until the end of the season, they'd have to get on with it."
Neville added: "There have been examples where it's worked when managers are sacked and where it hasn't.
"I'm not sure there is a distinction between either.
"It seems to be more the done thing where you do sack the manager at the earliest point as the players respond."