An eye-catching advert promoting the annual Macufe Cup next month displays a mean-looking Bevan Fransman and Simphiwe Tshabalala - the captains of Bloemfontein Celtic and Kaizer Chiefs respectively - prominently displayed on huge billboards across the Free State capital and splashed in national newspapers. Superimposed between the two protagonists for the October 11 duel is a football on fire and the catch- phrase "Ha o cha, o cheche!", which, literally interpreted, means "when you are burning, you must hurry!"It certainly is an apt way of promoting the encounter for this annual gumba, which is preceded by cultural events culminating with a music festival featuring artists from across the globe.But the fire is already burning in the city of roses and raging like an inferno towards the Vaal River and headed for Gauteng, threatening to leave the PSL offices in Parktown, Johannesburg, in cinders, if events of the last couple of days are anything to go by.It all started when Chiefs unveiled striker Camaldine Abraw as their latest acquisition in July.Celtic countered by claiming the Togolese forward was their property.The matter was handed to the dispute- resolution chamber to resolve.But the chamber threw the case right back to the PSL to investigate the true status of Abraw; to ascertain whether Celtic had a legitimate claim to the player; and whether Celtic did not violate the rules by signing the player three months before his contract expired.Furthermore, it instructed the PSL to check whether Abraw, by attaching his signature to a Celtic contract and later to a Chiefs deal, did not bring the organisation into disrepute.Amid the whole drama, PSL general manager Derek Blanckensee appears to have handed his detractors ammunition to shoot him down. Long before the matter has been finalised he has already given Chiefs the green light to register the player.Now Celtic threaten to seek redress from the courts. It is totally against PSL rules to resolve football matters in a court of law, but was Blanckensee correct in proclaiming that Chiefs could go ahead and register the player before the matter was resolved?And did the dispute resolution chamber not abdicate its duties by washing its hands of the matter instead of handing down a ruling?Were its members scared or did they simply not have the powers to hand down judgment as their hands are tied in such matters?Could this be the reason they failed to pass judgment, because their express duties are to recommend only? If that is the case and they exist in name only, is it not time they were disbanded and another PSL organ formed and given powers to act?Chiefs have been given carte blanche to register and field a player in dispute, even though there is still a cloud hanging over him. Imagine what would happen if, eight matches into the season and with Abraw having scored in every match, a different ruling is reached against the player.Will the PSL then be forced to charge Chiefs for fielding an improperly registered player and docked points in terms of the rules?And will Chiefs accept such a ruling and allow their hard-earned points to be docked without a fight when they had been given the green light to register Abraw?The best solution under the circumstances would have been to allow Chiefs to register the player, but with strict instructions not to field him until the matter had been settled.But perhaps Blanckensee knows something that we don't...