Eddie McGuire has lifted the lid on a controversial part of Collingwood’s initial agreement with Port Adelaide, over the use of their traditional ‘prison bars’ guernsey.
Richie, I still think he's pulling the strings at the AFL. I've never seen a guy in so much denial . He'll go to his grave saying that he or Collingwood have done anything wrong.
Eddie claims he knew the Heritage Game was going to be cancelled when he signed the document agreeing to allow Port Adelaide to wear the jumper once every year meaning he signed the agreement in bad faith knowing it would be meaningless on the basis of insider info – normally an indictable offence. This is his way of saying that he never agreed to an annual wearing of the jumper at the same time revealing his inner sleazy sneak.
Gil says he (Gil) had no prior knowledge that the Heritage Game was going to be cancelled when he signed the document.
The point is, if it was okay then for the AFL to agree to an annual wearing of the jumper why, one wonders, is it now not okay?
Honestly, the non-Victorian states should seriously consider seceding and running their own comp.
Port and the Pies signed a document allowing for Port to wear the jumper during heritage round a few years ago, now Kane Cornes is trying to claim that the Showdown is a heritage game. Keep shifting the goal posts until they get what they really want is all games. They ran away from the SANFL history to embrace a new era. New kit new song new identity new league and they agreed to it all
Came on here to say the same thing. It wouldn’t be too far off the original, to colour all the white with teal. Would show pretty good respect to the original Port and be a completely neutral jumper.
That makes sense. All they would have to do is colour one of the bars Teal, and Collingwood would have nowhere to go. There are 3 AFL clubs with Blue and White for goodness sake. Why should one club have ownership of black and white?
Norwood's place in football history is safe. But every one of the other SANFL clubs contributed to the formation of the Crows. Maybe they could wear a different SANFL strip each year?
I reckon Tassie not having a team is an gigantically bigger issue for a so- called national comp than Power not being allowed a jumper it signed away.
Perspective....
All this situation shows is that we are still playing in "their" league.
You may be called Port Adelaide but to us you are the "Power" and you didn't exist until 1997. It doesn't matter that the AFL and SANFL clubs merged; it doesn't matter that your histories are combined; it doesn't matter that your fans see you as one and the same.
We tell you what you are.
The VFL may have wanted national expansion, but its never wanted a national identity. It just wanted money.
I weep for the rich football history that is slowly but surely being revised and erased by the AFL.
Carn the Black Ducks! (at least we won the coin toss in '82)
Hmmm.....Port Adelaide Power which is allegedly not the same club that dominated the SANFL, seem only have themselves to blame by ceding their historic strip back in 1997.
The AFL know Port is legally holding no cards here.
Go easy on Kochie, he's a relative, some debauched German sausage fest in them Deutsche Hills n Valleys no doubt connects us. But he does pork chop it a bit, ok, a lot.
I really believe that the SANFL stuffed up by not putting Port first in and then the Legs. Seriously we could have a 100,000 stadium built on that rivalry alone. Adelaide is Australia's most sports mad city. Pffft the City of Churches fallacy.
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Big Daddy
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Richie, I still think he's pulling the strings at the AFL. I've never seen a guy in so much denial . He'll go to his grave saying that he or Collingwood have done anything wrong.
sven
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magenta sounds nice though ...
Angela
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And leave the Victorians to play among themselves
Maxy
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Lets create a super league Angela
Angela
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Eddie claims he knew the Heritage Game was going to be cancelled when he signed the document agreeing to allow Port Adelaide to wear the jumper once every year meaning he signed the agreement in bad faith knowing it would be meaningless on the basis of insider info – normally an indictable offence. This is his way of saying that he never agreed to an annual wearing of the jumper at the same time revealing his inner sleazy sneak. Gil says he (Gil) had no prior knowledge that the Heritage Game was going to be cancelled when he signed the document. The point is, if it was okay then for the AFL to agree to an annual wearing of the jumper why, one wonders, is it now not okay? Honestly, the non-Victorian states should seriously consider seceding and running their own comp.
Ilias Mavromatis
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Port and the Pies signed a document allowing for Port to wear the jumper during heritage round a few years ago, now Kane Cornes is trying to claim that the Showdown is a heritage game. Keep shifting the goal posts until they get what they really want is all games. They ran away from the SANFL history to embrace a new era. New kit new song new identity new league and they agreed to it all
Scott
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Came on here to say the same thing. It wouldn’t be too far off the original, to colour all the white with teal. Would show pretty good respect to the original Port and be a completely neutral jumper.
Smee
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If a teams history and traditions become irrelevant after joining the AFL then any premiership won pre-AFL is now irrelevant as well.
RT
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They tried!
Rowdy
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And that is part of the problem. Saccharine confectionery.
Willie
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If Norwood had opted to join the AFL it would have had exactly the same problem with Melbourne FC.
Willie
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That makes sense. All they would have to do is colour one of the bars Teal, and Collingwood would have nowhere to go. There are 3 AFL clubs with Blue and White for goodness sake. Why should one club have ownership of black and white?
Willie
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Norwood's place in football history is safe. But every one of the other SANFL clubs contributed to the formation of the Crows. Maybe they could wear a different SANFL strip each year?
Birdman
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I reckon Tassie not having a team is an gigantically bigger issue for a so- called national comp than Power not being allowed a jumper it signed away. Perspective....
Mat
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All this situation shows is that we are still playing in "their" league. You may be called Port Adelaide but to us you are the "Power" and you didn't exist until 1997. It doesn't matter that the AFL and SANFL clubs merged; it doesn't matter that your histories are combined; it doesn't matter that your fans see you as one and the same. We tell you what you are. The VFL may have wanted national expansion, but its never wanted a national identity. It just wanted money. I weep for the rich football history that is slowly but surely being revised and erased by the AFL. Carn the Black Ducks! (at least we won the coin toss in '82)
Philbert
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Yes, but SANFL owns the IP to one, the AFL to the other One club, one history, two legal entities.
Slick
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Port Adelaide Football Club encompasses both the SANFL Port Adelaide Magpies and the AFL Port Adelaide Power. One club, one history.
Birdman
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Hmmm.....Port Adelaide Power which is allegedly not the same club that dominated the SANFL, seem only have themselves to blame by ceding their historic strip back in 1997. The AFL know Port is legally holding no cards here.
Rowdy
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Go easy on Kochie, he's a relative, some debauched German sausage fest in them Deutsche Hills n Valleys no doubt connects us. But he does pork chop it a bit, ok, a lot.
Rowdy
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I really believe that the SANFL stuffed up by not putting Port first in and then the Legs. Seriously we could have a 100,000 stadium built on that rivalry alone. Adelaide is Australia's most sports mad city. Pffft the City of Churches fallacy. -------- Putting on sport in Adelaide is like throwing chips to seagulls