Neil Doncaster has revealed the SPFL will consider a rule change after the lengthy dispute with Rangers over the cinch sponsorship.
Ibrox chiefs had been involved in a long legal dispute over the used car company's sponsorship of the Scottish Premiership due to their deal with Park Motor Group.
Rangers argued their existing contract with Park Motor Group prohibited them from advertising cinch and their stance was ratified in mediation last April.
In July, the court of session awarded an interlocuter in Park’s favour and the SPFL sponsorship package was adjusted to preclude Rangers from advertising cinch.
Rangers won an apology from the SPFL, the promise of an inquiry and a six-figure compensation fee over the lengthy legal dispute.
Now, Doncaster has revealed a rule change could be made to follow guidelines in England which require clubs to submit sponsor contracts to the league - or even guarantee exclusivity on sponsorships from certain sectors.
Currently, there are no rules in Scotland over the sponsorships for clubs in regards to league involvement.
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On BBC Sportsound, the SPFL chief executive admitted officials will consider similar rules to those in England to avoid a similar situation as the Rangers cinch fallout.
He said: "I think some of the figures that you will have seen in the media are just way over he top and entirely wide of the mark. But certainly, it's important that we always look back and see where we could have done things better.
"We have undertaken a governance review which has been carried out independently and one of the areas that is looking at is what can we do in terms of the rules to try and prevent situations like this happening again.
"Down south of the border they have different rules where the league is guaranteed exclusivity in certain sectors or clubs have to give their contracts to the league so that the league understands what it is dealing with.
"We don't have those rules at the moment in Scotland - we just need to look at if there are any similar rules that we could put in place that might make things better going forward."
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