Gentlemen’s agreement or… playoffs? Particularly critical is the today’s meeting (12:00) to be made between the head of the arbitration, Steve Bennettand the representatives of all groups.
The “present” is expected to be given by the powerful men of the Big 4, i.e Yannis Alafouzos by PanathinaikosThe Dimitris Melissanidis from AEKThe Vangelis Marinakis by Olympic and (via teleconference) o Ivan Savvidis by PAOK. The other two teams of the playoffs will also be represented, his vice president MarsPanagiotis Biliris and Achilleas Beos from Bullet.
This is the first meeting of the “big ones” after three years and the date-then in a central hotel on the subject of the EPO elections and the referees of the 2020/21 playoffs.
The climate smells of gunpowder, as even yesterday there were caustic official positionsboth from Vangelis Marinakis who talked about a coup by Takis Baltakos and an attempt to exclude Aris and Volos from the meeting (even though Steve Bennett had requested the presence of all), as well as by Thodoros Karipidis who also attacked the president of the EPO.
A fixed position of Panathinaikos and Olympiakos is the definition of elite referees in the playoffs games, something that the others do not disagree with. However, what comes out of AEK and PAOK is that they will not accept outside interventions in terms of definitions.
It remains to be seen whether there will be a climate of consensus and even a temporary truce or will the intense confrontation continue which will jeopardize even the completion of the championship.
Source: Sport Fm
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