Communist Party of Greece calls for investigation into basketball scandal

The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) has issued a statement demanding a full investigation into a serious scandal within the basketball sector. The party describes the situation as a symptom of the decay inherent in the commercialization of sports, where massive profits and competing business interests take precedence over the integrity of the game.

KKE criticized the government and those calling for a ‘cleansing’ of the sport as hypocritical, arguing that official policies continue to support business interests in athletics while amateur clubs struggle with poverty and minimal funding. The party further noted that previous legislative interventions, such as the Avgenakis law, failed to curb corruption and instead allowed such phenomena to grow by leaving the underlying causes unaddressed.