This is Greece

The recent incident in Greek soccer is indeed didactic, leading to one general conclusion and several smaller related ones - all, alas, quite sad. The general conclusion is that the country has made little progress in terms of mentality in the 200 years that it has claimed to be an organized state.
It remains essentially ungovernable and the onus lies with the political class, but also with society. "This is Greece," former prime minister Costas Simitis once said in a burst of self-awareness, giving voice to this general conclusion. Maybe the issue is genetic.

As for the smaller related conclusions to emerge from the government's decision to pass legislation on Wednesday that overturned a ruling by the independent Professional Sports Commission to relegate northern clubs PAOK and Xanthi due to the alleged infringement of ownership rules, here are the ones that stand out...