The control loss experienced by Hellenic
NSOs results from institutional pressure,
both financial and legislative. It results in a
lack of incentives for groups working within
NSOs, alienation of such groups from the
boards of their NSOs, and an inertia that
The impact of external pressures on non-profit sport organizations 179
prevents organizational change on managerialist
lines. A key remaining question is how
this cycle of inefficiency can be broken.