Football: Italy's Serie B shuns policing costs move

(AGI) Rome, Oct 2 - Government proposals to make football clubscontribute to policing costs at stadiums are "unaffordablerhetoric", says the chairman of Italy's Serie B second divisionfootball league, Andrea Abodi. With Prime Minister MatteoRenzi's government proposing that clubs contribute a percentageof ticket revenue towards security, on Thursday Abodi said theSerie B already contributes one billion euros in tax revenueevery year . .

(AGI) Rome, Oct 2 - Government proposals to make football clubscontribute to policing costs at stadiums are "unaffordablerhetoric", says the chairman of Italy's Serie B second divisionfootball league, Andrea Abodi. With Prime Minister MatteoRenzi's government proposing that clubs contribute a percentageof ticket revenue towards security, on Thursday Abodi said theSerie B already contributes one billion euros in tax revenueevery year . .