In a television interview with BBC North West Tonight, Ferguson said rights holders rather than clubs were in control of the fixtures list.
"When you shake hands with the devil you have to pay the price," he said. "Television is God at the moment. It's king.
"It shows itself quite clearly because when you see the fixture lists come out now, they can pick and choose whenever they want the top teams on television.
"You get some ridiculous situations when you're playing on Wednesday night in Europe and then at lunchtime the following Saturday. You ask any manager if they would pick that themselves and there'd be no chance."
Asked if television had too much power, he replied: "Oh, absolutely, yes."
"When you think of that, I don't think we [clubs] get enough money," he said.
