Mamelodi Sundowns captain Hlompho Kekana believes that the Absa Premiership title can’t be handed to Kaizer Chiefs via the boardroom, because Downs are confident they will claim the title if the season is completed.
The PSL board of governors (BOG) met on Thursday to continue to assess the situation and plot a way forward out of the coronavirus pandemic.
Some leagues around the world have already cancelled the remainder of the 2019-20 season and named their champions and teams relegated.
Kekana, though, believes that it will not be possible to make such a decision in the Absa Premiership because the teams at both ends of the table are so close to one another.
‘I believe it’s going to be very unfair because every team has got hope that they can do something,’ said Kekana.
‘It’s gonna be a very challenging thing because when you ask us at Sundowns, do we believe we were gonna win the league? The answer is obvious: yes, we were going to win the league.
‘You can’t prove that in the boardroom because football is played on the field and you can’t put mathematical equations to it either, because it doesn’t work like that in football.
‘For me, it would be very, very unfair if you give Chiefs or Sundowns the league because there were still nine games to go and that’s a lot of football.
‘If we were talking one game or they had too big a lead to be caught, then I’d understand. For instance, Liverpool, who have a 25-point lead on top of the English Premier League – you can give them the league but I don’t know how you will manage those teams at the bottom of the log.
‘It isn’t only the people who are fighting to win the league but look at the teams at the bottom; the points separating them are so slim, so who are you gonna relegate?’ Kekana said.
‘The ones at the bottom might feel that they can win all their remaining matches and survive, so what are you gonna tell them? You can’t prove that they can’t.
‘There are teams in the National First Division that want to be in the Premiership, so that adds even more things for them to look at. You have to look at other divisions below that as well, where clubs are hoping to get a fair chance of reaching the next tier,’ he concluded.
