体坛英语新闻：Italy players' against salary cap

ROME, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The Italy Players' Association (Associazione Calciatori) issued a statement to show their opposition to the salary cap which will be introduced to Serie B.

The League announced last week that teams in the second-flight of Italian football will have a maximum of 150,000 Euro to spend on wages over a season, plus up to 150,000 Euro on performance-related bonuses.

However, the players' union insisted in a statemnent that the measure is unfair.

"We all want to ensure that serious failures are in the past," the statement said. "But the rules that are to be introduced are wrong."

"This road leads to a decline in competitiveness and the penalisation of some teams," it said.