An organisation of which the SPFL is a founding member has slammed UEFA for considering a closed-shop Champions League format.
All 55 member associations are set to hear UEFA's new plans for the tournament on Tuesday with two extra places thought to be available to countries with automatic group-stage qualifying based on their co-efficient ranking, calculated on historic performance.
A third place is understood to be available based on co-efficient ranking for countries without an automatic group-stage place.
European Leagues president Lars-Christer Olsson is wary of gifting clubs a place in the top tier of European competition based on past results.
In a confederation made up of 37 difference leagues over 30 countries, Scotland has been represented in European Leagues since the group was formed in 2005.
And with two places in the Champions League up for grabs in this season's Premiership - likely to be filled by Rangers and Celtic - it's something SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster may be keeping a close eye on.
The changes are widely viewed as an attempt by UEFA to appease Europe's heavyweight clubs and ward off the threat of a Super League, with Olsson branding it a "de facto closed Champions League".
A European Leagues statement issued on Friday referred to the "possible impact of access" to the competition and Olsson, a former UEFA chief executive, told The Times: "For me, it's a principle that the historic coefficient should not be part of an international competition at all.
"We will have a de facto closed Champions League."
UEFA's proposals could mean as many as six teams qualifying from a single league, such as the Premier League, in future.
In addition to the three extra co-efficient places, France is understood to be being offered a fourth automatic position in an expanded 36-team group phase.
The teams would play in one league, playing 10 matches each in a so-called 'Swiss system'.
European Leagues has expressed "strong concerns" about the calendar impact of the extra games, which would take the competition from 125 to 225 matches.
It is understood the leagues' view is that eight matches in the Swiss model - still an increase of two on the current group phase - was the most that could be accommodated in the current domestic calendar.
Teams finishing between ninth and 24th in the 36-team league would also play extra matches in order to play for a place in the last 16 of the new competition.
Doncaster told European Leagues' general assembly in 2018: “There is an ongoing concern about the gap that is developing between the very biggest clubs and the rest.
"Scottish football is well represented both by ourselves within the European Leagues, but also with (outgoing Celtic chief executive) Peter Lawwell being on the board of the European Clubs’ Association.
“I think there is a genuine desire to protect the interests of the smaller-sized leagues as we see the gap between them and the big five grow bigger and bigger. It’s vital that we do that.”
