Eddie McGuire dipped his oar in over the perennial prison bars jumper issue on Wednesday night.

And David Koch is not happy.

McGuire unloaded on Port Adelaide during Footy Classified on Wednesday night, after being told Port Adelaide had applied to the AFL to wear a black and white prison bars version of their jumper in the 2021 AFL season.

BigFooty Pies supporters discuss the issue here. >>

McGuire pointed to the commercial value of the black and white jumper design, and Collingwood’s contribution to AFL coffers over the years.

“Collingwood receives $6 million a year less than Port Adelaide, so Collingwood is a net-giver every year and has been to the competition right the way through.

“When [Port Adelaide] start becoming a net-giver instead of a net-receiver, then we’ll have a bit of a look at it,” said the ex-president of Collingwood.

“Worry about making money and stop annoying us every year.

“They wore it last year, we’ve allowed them to wear it whenever they’ve asked to do it.

“They’ve got a thousand jumpers they can wear, they’ve got a really good jumper this year, they might want a premiership jumper.”

“This issue is not going to go away because Eddie McGuire wants it to go away,” said David Koch in a statement released by the club.

The Port Adelaide club President also took the opportunity to remind McGuire of his place in the scheme of things.

“As we’ve said all along, it is a decision for the AFL and we’ll continue to go through the official channels to have that conversation,” he said.

“We are simply asking to celebrate our heritage by wearing this guernsey in two Showdowns a year at Adelaide Oval.”

“Lol @ McGuire’s hot take on us making money. One of the highest average crowds in the league, big merch sales,” said one Port Adelaide fan on BigFooty.com.

“So in 1998 when Collingwood were broke and we were 2nd on the membership ladder he would’ve let us wear it?” said another.

Port Adelaide supporters discussion here.

Speaking on SEN SA Breakfast, former Port Adelaide star Kane Cornes hit out at the AFL for not intervening in the feud, a stance he labelled “weak”.

“The AFL has been pathetic on this issue. Absolutely pathetic. The AFL could have solved this issue 15 years ago and said ‘this is it, this is the rules and this is what’s happening’ and they can still do that.

“It’s like when they allowed Collingwood to get away with not having a clash jumper. The AFL were weak on that issue, they were weak with Richmond, now finally Richmond has a clash jersey, which they won a premiership in.”