Could the Premiership relegation battle be decided in court?

Cape Town City owner John Comitis has suggested he may resort to legal action if his side end up in the relegation/promotion play-offs.

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Comitis is clearly furious that SuperSport United are playing 45 minutes against Golden Arrows on Thursday, a fixture that is set to decide who finishes in 15th place in the Betway Premiership.

Relegation play-off fight

With Royal AM booted out of the league, the only battle involving relegation this season is for 15th place.

Whoever finishes there will end up in the play-offs against Orbit College and Casric Stars. Orbit and Stars finished in second and third respectively in the Motsepe Foundation Championship.

As it stands, SuperSport are in 15th place, a point behind Cape Town City. But if Andre Arendse’s side can earn at least a draw against Arrows – the game is being started again with the scores at 1-1 – then they will survive and City will be in the play-offs.

Controversy surrounds the resumption of the SuperSport-Arrows game, however. This match was originally played on February 23, over three months ago.

With the two teams tied at 1-1 at half time, there was a power failure at the Lucas Moripe Stadium in Atteridgeville. At some point it seemed like the result may be awarded to Arrows, as SuperSport had not supplied a backup generator.

Only last week was it finally decided that the SuperSport-Arrows game would resume.

“We are looking at the matter. We are reviewing our options, and we believe that we truly have a case here to take it back to the PSL,” Comitis told Phalaphala FM on Tuesday.

“As a club, we have communicated with the PSL, so at this stage, I would like to leave it as is. The decision that has been made has created a situation where they probably had to break five rules in order to achieve what they have achieved.”

‘How fair is that?’

“The first one was that the game didn’t take place within 48 hours. The next one is that it wasn’t a force majeure. The third one is that they can’t continue at half-time and replicate the game now after three months, because there are different players at clubs, there are yellow cards and a whole lot of different reasons why it can’t happen.

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“The worst part is the league is finished. They are now sitting in a position where they can decide what they need to see what they need. How fair is that? Where is the fair play? So we are really aggrieved. We have no problem if we end up in the playoffs; the team is ready. But it must be fair, and it must be on the pitch. Not in the boardroom.”