{"id":489330,"date":"2010-03-30T09:41:24","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T13:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/greece-soccer-riots-leads-to-40-million-funding-cut-2010-3"},"modified":"2010-03-30T09:41:24","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T13:41:24","slug":"now-the-greeks-are-rioting-about-soccer-finances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/489330","title":{"rendered":"Now The Greeks Are Rioting About Soccer Finances"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is life in the new Greece: People are angry and break into riot and any provocation, and the state is poor and will take any excuse to cut costs.<\/p>\n

Hooliganism has become such a problem at Greek soccer games that fans were banned from away games. But serious clashes occurred this weekend at three league matches.<\/p>\n

The AP<\/a> reports hundreds clashed on pitch and outside the stadium before a Greek cup game in the northern town of Kavala.<\/p>\n

Sports secretary Panayiotis Bitsaxis announced a €40 million cut in state funding for soccer<\/strong>, suspended until the league can reign in its hooligans.<\/p>\n

For the Papandreou regime, it’s a clever grab of money needed to qualify for the EU bailout<\/a>. But this is going to really piss off the already-angry<\/a> Greeks.<\/p>\n

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