Super Cup: Why the teams voted against the Panathinaikos proposal

The current ESAKE Board of Directors was on the topic, among other things, to carry out the Super Cup. The teams voted to become the semifinals of Olympiacos-Promathea and Panathinaikos-AEK and the finals that would emerge in Rhodes 26 and 27 September, a decision that caused the reaction and reaction and Panathinaikos’ proposalAh, rejected by 8-4 votes and a white (AEK).

Specifically, Olympiacos, Aris, Panionios, Colossus of Rhodes, Prometheus, Marousi, Mykonos and Karditsa were voted in favor of Rhodes, and in favor of the “Greens” proposal, Panathinaikos, PAOK, Peristeri and Heraklis. ESAKE and the EEC spokesman did not vote. At the end of the vote, Panathinaikos Law spokesman Takis Baltakos said the team would not compete in the competition and this is how the council was completed.

The side of the teams who voted against the Panathinaikos proposal, however, had several arguments. As they said, the Super Cup of Rhodes had been unanimously voted on a recent board and Panathinaikos there, although he had organized the Pavlos Giannakopoulos tournament in Australia, was in agreement, and the dates as is customary in recent years, is predetermined for a long time. At the same time, the proposal to hold the final on December 7th would delay the end of the championship, which would go after June 15, at the time of the national team’s obligations on June 27, 2026. weeks.

At the same time, as they emphasized by the ESAKE, after the proposal to set the semifinals in the 1st race and the result is dual importance (it would also measure the result for the championship): “The Super Cup is an institution that takes place before the start of the championship, Panathinaikos also demanded to play the semifinals at AEK’s headquarters and change its punishment for camera, which is not provided by the legislation. At that point, the AEK spokesman was in favor of the Super Cup in Rhodes!

Finally, it is worth noting that Olympiacos suggested that there would be no vote so that there would be no confrontation between the groups on such issues, which there was even a decision on a previous council. “Everyone assumes their responsibilities for any decision. Especially when they are against all the teams, the interests of the League and the Greek basketball in general, “the” reds “said.