He made his own proposal Panagiotis Dimitriou at the meeting of the Professional Football Committee.
The Vice President of the EPO proposed the mandatory participation of 4 Greek players in the eleven teams of Super League 1 and respectively the presence of 7 Greeks in the clubs of Super League 2.
For their part, the representatives of the groups They promised to comment in detail at the next meeting and after first studying the proposal, but everyone expressed reservations about the imposition of such restrictions.
The announcement in detail:
“The first meeting with its new composition, as provided by the new Articles of Association, was held today by the Professional Football Committee of EPO.
Previously, the Legal Service of the Federation gave an opinion that the E.E.P. has a completely legal structure, thus answering the relevant question that had been asked of it.
The Vice President of EPO Mr. Panagiotis Dimitriou, presented before the Commission his proposal, for mandatory participation of four (4) Greek football players in the eleven teams of Super League 1 and seven (7) Greek football players in the eleven teams of Super League 2.
The representatives of Olympiacos (Mr. Lina Souloukou), AEK (Mr. George Kosmas) and PAOK (Mr. Makis Gagkatsis) promised to comment in detail at the next meeting and after studying the proposal, however, everyone expressed reservations about the imposition of such restrictions. of existing European labor legislation. They underlined that Greek football must first of all put the weight on the creation of infrastructure in order for more Greek football players to emerge.
The president of Super League 2, Mr. Leonidas Leoutsakos, noted that according to the sports law, in the second professional category there are already relevant restrictions (seven Greeks in the twenties).
The president of PSAPP. Mr. George Bandis pointed out that regardless of any decision taken in the future, the teams must give emphasis and weight to their academies.
The Legal Service of EPO Finally, it undertook to give an opinion on whether such an arrangement, which concerns the restriction of employment of European citizens, is compatible with European law.
Finally, the president of Super League 2, Mr. Leonidas Leoutsakos, raised for discussion the issues of the number of teams in the category that have the right to advance to Super League 1, whether there is the possibility of appointing foreign referees in the matches of the second professional league and the financial support of the category through the UEFA Solidarity program “.
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