Like, now...
With all of the austerity measures going on in a country that is living off emergency loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the country's sports governing sports body decided the following:
"The Board of Athletics Federation ... unanimously decided to suspend all domestic sporting activity until decisions to make unfair and selective cuts in funding are reviewed," a federation statement said.
The head of the Fed, Vassilis Sevastis, admitted that coaches and other related personnel haven't even been paid for up to 10 months. They will meet again in two weeks to determine of they're going to elevate the inactivity to international events- Track and Field championships and the like...
The budget has been cut by a third for the last two years...
Here's some Greek track and field history for you...
((HT: IAAF/IOC/youtube))
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