Major Greek clubs are in "open revolt over the corruption scandal" that has put Greek side Olympiacos Owner Evangelos Marinakis "in the dock over allegations of extortion, bribery and arranging a bombing," according to Matt Scott of INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL. Panathinaikos Owner Yiannis Alafouzos "spoke for several leading Greek clubs as he threatened to withdraw his team from the Greek Super League next season." Alafouzos: "AEK Owner Dimitris Melissanidis shares the idea that we cannot play in the Greek Super League next season under these circumstances. We have discussed this issue thoroughly with PAOK Owner Ivan Savvidis. I think that Savvidis is considering this option as well. We have not taken any definite decision yet. But we haven't rejected this possibility. It's an extreme action, but it is still on the cards." Alafouzos was "commenting after the Super League's board of directors ratified the 2014-15 season table, which Olympiacos won by nine points." The board "signed it off despite the ongoing criminal inquiry into allegations of a match-fixing crime ring" at the heart of the Hellenic Football Federation involving 26 individuals. The "highest-profile figure among them" is Marinakis. Panathinaikos had "lodged a pre-emptive complaint against the ratification of the final league table, requesting that the criminal-case files be submitted to the league's disciplinary committees." Panathinaikos, which came second in the Super League this season, also "called for a delay in the start of the play-offs until after these football-disciplinary cases had been completed" (INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL, 5/15).
