The Mamelodi Sundowns legal team is preparing to fight the Premier Soccer League's (PSL) appeal of the ruling by its Disciplinary Committee regarding the Pretoria club's fielding of ineligible player Wayne Arendse in a game against BidVest Wits last year. Arendse's name was not on the team sheet that was handed to officials on the day of the game seven months ago and joined the team straight from the stands after Thapelo Morena's injury. The DC issued a R250 000 fine to Sundowns and R50 000 to Arendse last week but the PSL now says the decision was incorrect and have appealed to the South African Football Association in a bid to overturn the sanction. Sundowns general manager Yogesh Singh said that they were not surprised when they were notified of the PSL's intention to appeal and their legal team is ready to fight the appeal. “We received the notice of the appeal (on Tuesday)‚" he said. "If you ask me if we are surprised‚ my answer will be no and if you ask me if we expected it my answer will be yes. "If you ask me what are our prospects of success‚ I think our case is strong and we are going to fight this by putting a strong case in the hearing. “We will have to take it as it comes but our legal team is ready and they have been informed. "We will fight to protect our rights because we believe that the judgment delivered by the DRC was a well written one and we will defend it. "We don’t want to be treated differently to any other team‚ all we want is to be treated fairly.”<doc-sep>Reports: PSL to appeal Mamelodi Sundowns and Wayne Arendse verdict Despite remaining mum on the fine issued against Masandawana, the PSL has reportedly appealed the decision to fine Sundowns The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has lodged an appeal following the decision by their Disciplinary Committee to fine Mamelodi Sundowns for fielding an ineligible player in Wayne Arendse. According to the latest reports, the league has decided to file an appeal as they look to ensure that the Brazilians are docked points for fielding the defender against Bidvest Wits in a league match last October. Although Arendse was not part of the 18-man squad at the Moripe Stadium in the first round match which ended in a 1-1 draw, the league’s DC found the Tshwane giants guilty of breaking the rules. Sundowns were found guilty in February this year, but the sentencing was delayed because of their Caf Champions League assignments. However, the DC found the reigning PSL champions guilty last week and fined the club R250 000 of which R125 000 was suspended for a year. Article continues below Moreover, the centre back was slapped with a fine of R50 000, but it was suspended for 12 months, yet reports suggest that the league has appealed its DC ‘s ruling on Tuesday. The Brazilians are set to lose points should the PSL succeed. They have placed second on the PSL standings with 53 points from 28 matches. Although it looks like Sundowns may be docked points, it remains unclear how many because the league is yet to issue a statement regarding the fine that was issued last week.<doc-sep>The Premier Soccer League (PSL) have appealed the decision of their own disciplinary committee (DC) in respect of the sanction against Mamelodi Sundowns regarding the fielding of an ineligible player‚ Wayne Arendse‚ against Bidvest Wits. Sundowns and Arendse were both fined R250‚000 each‚ with half suspended‚ for the club having fielded the player in a 1-1 Absa Premiership draw against Wits at Loftus Versfeld in October‚ when he had not been named in the original match squad of 18. This was in contravention of PSL regulations. Downs were not deducted a point. No points were awarded to Wits by the DC ruling. This is one of the main points the PSL appeal is seeking to have overturned in the arbitration‚ asking that a 3-0 victory be awarded to Wits. The National Soccer League (NSL) – the mother body of the PSL – has taken the sanction on appeal to arbitration at the SA Football Association (Safa).<doc-sep>
The Premier Soccer League have appealed the sanction handed down by its Disciplinary Committee on the Mamelodi Sundowns and Wayne Arendse case last month. JOHANNESBURG - The Premier Soccer League have appealed the sanction handed down by its disciplinary committee on the Mamelodi Sundowns and Wayne Arendse case last month. The PSL DC found both Sundowns and Arendse guilty of fielding the defender when he was not on the team sheet for the Absa Premiership match between Bidvest Wits earlier in the year. It subsequently sanctioned Sundowns to pay a fine of R250,000 in which half is suspended for a period of two years while Arendse was fined R50,000 which was also suspended. Crucially the DC did not dock the reigning league champions any log points which was widely expected to be the case. The PSL have now appealed the DC’s sanction and on the basis that, the DC should award Wits a 3-0 win, which will effectively see Sundowns lose one league point. Sundowns' acting general manager Yogesh Singh confirmed that the club had received a notice from the PSL on their intention to appeal the DC’s sanction. “We have received a notice from the PSL and our legal team is ready, and we are also busy preparing our papers. We will fight and protect our rights and we believe the judgment handed down by the DC was a well-written judgment and we will defend that judgment.” Sundowns are set to play their last league game of the season when they travel to Bethlehem to face Free State Stars while title rival, Orlando Pirates, are at home against Polokwane City on Saturday.