Vangelis Liolios: I am responsible for the outcome of the EC elections, those who infect basketball to leave

His first statements, after his re-election to her presidency and his victory over the combination of Panayiotis Fassoulas. One day after his formal re-election in the position of President of the EEC, Vangelis Liolios was hosted on a show by OK We bradio, for the programming statements of his new four years in the presidential tomb. Vangelis Liolios announced radical changes, and also referred to arbitration, stressing that emphasis will be placed on the part of education. “I thank all the unions involved in the election process for participating in 98%. It’s a record in an absolute number. The result is legalization to do what we have communicated. The 77.5% rate is impressive, both for me and for the consultants, where 16 of the 18 members of the Board have the same philosophy and only one member, Giannis Bourousis, was elected on the other side. We understand our responsibility towards clubs and Greek basketball. The unions essentially give me a blank check to make the changes they need. In the first term we made many changes, perhaps not as many as needed. We made quite a few mistakes. We tried to strengthen the Federation’s base. The unions told us that we should without fear but passionately make the radical, structural changes that Greek basketball needs,” Vangelis Liolios initially stressed, to continue by saying: “Basqueball unites. I don’t answer any challenge. There have been campaign actions that will follow the path of justice. We need clean basketball and as few people infect our space we need to get out of it. It seemed the result of the group, we went coordinated, with humility, with the same vision and the same values. And that’s what earned the trust of the unions. Each of the 850 clubs will understand what we want to do, with radical changes in the structure of all Greek basketball. Basketball is not victory and defeat, it is not the result of a derby. To get there there are other things, honesty, honesty, society. We want players, coaches, referees, athletes who will serve basketball as we envision it. And of course we do not forget the role of journalists and how they communicate with fans.” As for priorities in his second term: “Two sectors want special weight: the spread of basketball to women’s sex and coaching direction with training in developmental. I left the last part of the arbitration, we’ll put weight on the referee training. I think arbitration is not a crucial factor, but how we deal with arbitration. The training of referees is important, to have respect for and respect for referees. We have other things we intend to do, such as increasing CSR actions (for corporate social responsibility),” he noted. About the EuroBasket of Women to be held in 2025 in Greece he said: “EuroBasket is a means to bring more people closer to women’s basketball, players, coaches and consequently athletes. If we bring the woman near basketball, we bring the whole family near basketball. It’s a four-year long plan”. Finally, asked if it was worth it to be a candidate again answer: “You should ask me at the end of the four years. I’ve left my family, my business, my team… Everyone knows that. But the point is to do something you’re proud of. I’m proud to be in that position. I’ll make a lot of mistakes, but I don’t do injustices. The result of the election fills me with responsibility for what I should do.”