Tebas: Tax hike the last straw for league

Instead of raising taxes for foreigners who earn more than 600,000 euros to 43 percent from 24 percent, the government should be cutting income levies for Spanish athletes instead, Tebas said at a forum at the Pedro Ferrandiz Foundation in Madrid.

"The problem is not that foreigners pay the same as the Spanish, the problem is that Spanish athletes, who have a short career, have to pay these outrageous sums," Tebas said.

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