Opinion Is the Showdown the Biggest Rivalry?

[LoungeLizard]

Celebrate 150 years with the guernsey synonymous with the club.

And league?

 

[Ian Dunross]

And league?

The Port Adelaide Football Club plays in the AFL now.

They'll rightfully celebrate their heritage in that competition.

 

[LoungeLizard]

The Port Adelaide Football Club plays in the AFL now.

They'll rightfully celebrate their heritage in that competition.

The Port Adelaide Power play in the AFL now, the Magpies still play in the SANFL, and no-one is stopping them from wearing those colours.

 

[north_lad]

Think you'd ask any fan if they'd swap tonight's game with the Showdown and they'd say

HELL YEAH

 

[Ian Dunross]

The Port Adelaide Power play in the AFL now, the Magpies still play in the SANFL, and no-one is stopping them from wearing those colours.

The Port Adelaide Football Club play in the AFL.

If they choose to wear black and white in the AFL, it's no one else's business.

 

[LoungeLizard]

The Port Adelaide Football Club play in the AFL.

If they choose to wear black and white in the AFL, it's no one else's business.

Except Collingwoods colours are a registered trademark, same as the Port Adelaide Magpies have a registered trademark on their colours in the SANFL.
So it is someones else's business.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

As much as it pains me to say it I'm with Collingwood and Eddie on the prison bars. Port Adelaide joined the AFL knowing full well there was already a team called the magpies that used the black and white colour scheme. The price they had to pay to join the league was to give up the magpies name and jumper, they can't turn around now and say "we'll only wear it in showdowns" (which by they way doesn't make any sense "traditionally" as the crows didn't even exist in the comp they wore it in). What's next "we'll only wear the prison bars when we're not playing Collingwood".

Agree with the Magpies part, but the colours of Black and white was no issue. We have 3 Blue and White teams in the league. As for the Prison bars jumper I think as long as it's not against Collingwood it is a non issue.

 

[Ian Dunross]

Except Collingwoods colours are a registered trademark, same as the Port Adelaide Magpies have a registered trademark on their colours in the SANFL.
So it is someones else's business.

Show me their registered trademark.

 

[LoungeLizard]

Show me their registered trademark.

Look it up if you don't believe me.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Celebrate 150 years with the colours you wore 150 years ago

In the competition they were in 150 years ago.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Except Collingwoods colours are a registered trademark, same as the Port Adelaide Magpies have a registered trademark on their colours in the SANFL.
So it is someones else's business.

So Blue and White are not a registered trademark? Black and White belong to no football club in the country which is why there is Hundreds of clubs who wear Black and white. Their jumper design may possibly be trademarked??? But again hundreds of clubs use the same design.

 

[Damon_3388]

Afl puppet master Eddie McGuire won't allow it

He objected once, nearly 20 years ago. It's been a dead issue since, hasn't it?

 

[Ian Dunross]

Look it up if you don't believe me.

I have. There's nothing registered in respect of a black and white guernsey.

 

[Ian Dunross]

In the competition they were in 150 years ago.

They're in the AFL now.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Look it up if you don't believe me.

I just did and cannot find anything, I did find Eddie saying its Trademarked the Black and White but nothing other than his words.
How are so many clubs Australia wide allowed to wear his trademark?

 

[Ian Dunross]

I guess it's not registered then

 

[LoungeLizard]

So Blue and White are not a registered trademark? Black and White belong to no football club in the country which is why there is Hundreds of clubs who wear Black and white. Their jumper design may possibly be trademarked??? But again hundreds of clubs use the same design.

Yes you are right, the colours aren't registered, but the design is.

 

[LoungeLizard]

I have. There's nothing registered in respect of a black and white guernsey.

Go look at the Collingwood Football Club logo.

 

[Ian Dunross]

Yes you are right, the colours aren't registered, but the design is.

So then it's nobody's business if Port wear the prison bars jumper

 

[LoungeLizard]

I just did and cannot find anything, I did find Eddie saying its Trademarked the Black and White but nothing other than his words.
How are so many clubs Australia wide allowed to wear his trademark?

Because it's registered to the AFL

 

[Ian Dunross]

Go look at the Collingwood Football Club logo.

Port aren't wearing a logo. They're wearing a jumper.

 

[LoungeLizard]

So then it's nobody's business if Port wear the prison bars jumper

I would say no, because they are B&W stripes

 

[Ian Dunross]

I would say no, because they are B&W stripes

*nobody of relevance

 

[LoungeLizard]

Port aren't wearing a logo. They're wearing a jumper.

The stripes are part of the logo, it's registered, therefore they need permission to wear them.

 

[LoungeLizard]

*nobody of relevance

Hahaha, you seem to be a bit dense.
Why do you think Port are asking for permission to wear the jumper, why don't they just wear it?