Port given permission to wear the stripes

[Docker_Brat]

Don't give two shits about Port, but if it bashes it up Collingwood, it's a good thing. Not sure why this club is allowed so much of a say in what happens in regards to issues that don't affect them. I could empathise if they were playing Port in this round.

 

[PrideOf]

Umm, wasn't this annouced a couple of weeks ago???

Actually, Hutchy and Tony Jones will be breaking the story on August 8, 2009.

 

[enosis7]

Not sure why this club is allowed so much of a say in what happens in regards to issues that don't affect them.

Put your collingwood prejudices aside for just a moment and please read my post above.

 

[marcus]

FFS.

The AFL own all intellectual property related to the league, including that relating to the clubs, which is licensed to the club. The combination of the black and white is not only symbolic of Collingwood's heritage, but is central to the Collingwood brand. The Collingwood brand is the most valuable sporting brand in Australia. Adidas has the licence to manufacture tops for the AFL on behalf of Collingwood.

Port Power football club was formed when the AFL constituted it. Part of that arrangement involved a restriction on the use of the magpies name and the black and white to protect collingwood. Any link with the heritage of the Port Adelaide Magpies is spiritual only (or if you're cynical, commercially appealing). I am sympathetic to supporters who grew up following the Port Magpies - a lot of Collingwood supporters would have followed them in the SANFL by default back in the days of the VFL. But there is no legal and factual link between the two clubs.

For heritage round, Reebok, a competitor of Adidas, sought to manufacture black and white tops for Port Power football. They have no licence to do this with the AFL logo on it. They need the AFL's permission.

Collingwood understandably wanted to protect not only its heritage but its brand. Without a massive concession offered by the club's president, the AFL would not have made this decision because it would have arguably been under an obligation to protect Collingwood's interest in not allowing other clubs to have a confusingly similar guernsey. This is about Port Power football club trying to cash in the Port Magpies heritage for licensing and membership revenue - it just so happens that is pretty much the same as Collingwood's jumper.

Eddie did what any club administrator would have done in the same circumstances in resisting the AFL giving an open licence to use the Port Magpies design.

The AFL has given a massive concession here and Port fans should be grateful to the AFL and to Collingwood for not making a bigger fuss, which it would have been quite entitled to do considering the substantial value it has in the black and white and its clothing sponsor Adidas likewise.

I didn't have any problem with Port wearing the guernsey as a purely token tribute to the past, and that's exactly what has been allowed. It should go no further.

Let's go back to the footy.

Have you sighted the agreements or are you just making this up?

Nice try but theres some Swiss cheese size holes in your arguments.

Anyone who calls this a win is a fool, it feels like a drawn game, which is probably a reasonable result.

Your attitude is way too aloof for the representation of a club that has won one premiership since the introduction of television.

See you in the finals.

 

[Borscht Mat]

Put your collingwood prejudices aside for just a moment and please read my post above.

you see the problem is that your post is so full of factual holes that it is difficult to know where to begin.

 

[PowerForGood]

FFS.

The AFL own all intellectual property related to the league, including that relating to the clubs, which is licensed to the club. The combination of the black and white is not only symbolic of Collingwood's heritage, but is central to the Collingwood brand. The Collingwood brand is the most valuable sporting brand in Australia. Adidas has the licence to manufacture tops for the AFL on behalf of Collingwood.

Port Power football club was formed when the AFL constituted it. Part of that arrangement involved a restriction on the use of the magpies name and the black and white to protect collingwood. Any link with the heritage of the Port Adelaide Magpies is spiritual only (or if you're cynical, commercially appealing). I am sympathetic to supporters who grew up following the Port Magpies - a lot of Collingwood supporters would have followed them in the SANFL by default back in the days of the VFL. But there is no legal and factual link between the two clubs.

For heritage round, Reebok, a competitor of Adidas, sought to manufacture black and white tops for Port Power football. They have no licence to do this with the AFL logo on it. They need the AFL's permission.

Collingwood understandably wanted to protect not only its heritage but its brand. Without a massive concession offered by the club's president, the AFL would not have made this decision because it would have arguably been under an obligation to protect Collingwood's interest in not allowing other clubs to have a confusingly similar guernsey. This is about Port Power football club trying to cash in the Port Magpies heritage for licensing and membership revenue - it just so happens that is pretty much the same as Collingwood's jumper.

Eddie did what any club administrator would have done in the same circumstances in resisting the AFL giving an open licence to use the Port Magpies design.

The AFL has given a massive concession here and Port fans should be grateful to the AFL and to Collingwood for not making a bigger fuss, which it would have been quite entitled to do considering the substantial value it has in the black and white and its clothing sponsor Adidas likewise.

I didn't have any problem with Port wearing the guernsey as a purely token tribute to the past, and that's exactly what has been allowed. It should go no further.

Let's go back to the footy.

Agree with the last line - everything else is pure cr*p.

 

[Docker_Brat]

Put your collingwood prejudices aside for just a moment and please read my post above.

My Collingwood prejudice? Heh.

Your post was emotive and lacking in facts.

 

[tess]

The poor dears, they dunno whether they are Magpies or Power!

Well done Port in screwing around the building of the Power brand over the past 10 years. No wonder no-one goes to watch your team over there.


Port Adelaide the new North Melbourne!

 

[tribey]

FFS.

The AFL own all intellectual property related to the league, including that relating to the clubs, which is licensed to the club. The combination of the black and white is not only symbolic of Collingwood's heritage, but is central to the Collingwood brand. The Collingwood brand is the most valuable sporting brand in Australia. Adidas has the licence to manufacture tops for the AFL on behalf of Collingwood.

Port Power football club was formed when the AFL constituted it. Part of that arrangement involved a restriction on the use of the magpies name and the black and white to protect collingwood. Any link with the heritage of the Port Adelaide Magpies is spiritual only (or if you're cynical, commercially appealing). I am sympathetic to supporters who grew up following the Port Magpies - a lot of Collingwood supporters would have followed them in the SANFL by default back in the days of the VFL. But there is no legal and factual link between the two clubs.

For heritage round, Reebok, a competitor of Adidas, sought to manufacture black and white tops for Port Power football. They have no licence to do this with the AFL logo on it. They need the AFL's permission.

Collingwood understandably wanted to protect not only its heritage but its brand. Without a massive concession offered by the club's president, the AFL would not have made this decision because it would have arguably been under an obligation to protect Collingwood's interest in not allowing other clubs to have a confusingly similar guernsey. This is about Port Power football club trying to cash in the Port Magpies heritage for licensing and membership revenue - it just so happens that is pretty much the same as Collingwood's jumper.

Eddie did what any club administrator would have done in the same circumstances in resisting the AFL giving an open licence to use the Port Magpies design.

The AFL has given a massive concession here and Port fans should be grateful to the AFL and to Collingwood for not making a bigger fuss, which it would have been quite entitled to do considering the substantial value it has in the black and white and its clothing sponsor Adidas likewise.

I didn't have any problem with Port wearing the guernsey as a purely token tribute to the past, and that's exactly what has been allowed. It should go no further.

Let's go back to the footy.

OMG you're so right about Adidas.

I know that when Sheffield United submitted their 06/07 away kit - black and white vertical stripes - Adidas, the kit suppliers of Newcastle United, went absolutely apeshit!!!!1111

Oh wait, no they didn't.

Seriously, stop making up tripe to suit your own myopic agenda. It's pathetic.

 

[ok.crows]

Port Power football club was formed when the AFL constituted it. Part of that arrangement involved a restriction on the use of the magpies name and the black and white to protect collingwood. Any link with the heritage of the Port Adelaide Magpies is spiritual only (or if you're cynical, commercially appealing). I am sympathetic to supporters who grew up following the Port Magpies - a lot of Collingwood supporters would have followed them in the SANFL by default back in the days of the VFL. But there is no legal and factual link between the two clubs.

This quoted bit is utterly incorrect. One hundred percent wrong.

 

[nintiwirri]

Yeah - who knows what the AFL's definition of equitable is

Is it like sending Collingwood interstate 3 times a year

 

[PAFC66]

The poor dears, they dunno whether they are Magpies or Power!

Well done Port in screwing around the building of the Power brand over the past 10 years. No wonder no-one goes to watch your team over there.


Port Adelaide the new North Melbourne!

Got almost 27,000 on the weekend (on a Saturday- bad time in Adelaide) to watch 1st Vs 16th. Not bad considering only 24,000 saw two Victorian teams play in Melbourne.

Port have almost 34,000! we are nothing like North

Like every club that weekend we are looking back on our heritage. Nothing wrong with that. Will more likely bring more people to our games!

 

[Lightning_Rod]

and here boys and girls, is the the killer blow to us.

"Port Adelaide has also agreed that it will not commercially manufacture their black and white heritage guernsey." at the request of collingwood.

this is an absolute joke, the amount of money which is going to be lost as a result of this ridiculous ruling is unbelievable.

The Port Adelaide Screw Job.

 

[*PAF]

We got bent over. Pork Adelaide.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

Screw job.

Port Adelaide fans should rally together and each wear these http://www.portmagpies.com.au/merchandise.php?merch_id=15 to Power games just to spite Collingwood thinking they own colours.

 

[mattwinter]

FFS.

The AFL own all intellectual property related to the league, including that relating to the clubs, which is licensed to the club. The combination of the black and white is not only symbolic of Collingwood's heritage, but is central to the Collingwood brand. The Collingwood brand is the most valuable sporting brand in Australia. Adidas has the licence to manufacture tops for the AFL on behalf of Collingwood.

Port Power football club was formed when the AFL constituted it. Part of that arrangement involved a restriction on the use of the magpies name and the black and white to protect collingwood. Any link with the heritage of the Port Adelaide Magpies is spiritual only (or if you're cynical, commercially appealing). I am sympathetic to supporters who grew up following the Port Magpies - a lot of Collingwood supporters would have followed them in the SANFL by default back in the days of the VFL. But there is no legal and factual link between the two clubs.

For heritage round, Reebok, a competitor of Adidas, sought to manufacture black and white tops for Port Power football. They have no licence to do this with the AFL logo on it. They need the AFL's permission.

Collingwood understandably wanted to protect not only its heritage but its brand. Without a massive concession offered by the club's president, the AFL would not have made this decision because it would have arguably been under an obligation to protect Collingwood's interest in not allowing other clubs to have a confusingly similar guernsey. This is about Port Power football club trying to cash in the Port Magpies heritage for licensing and membership revenue - it just so happens that is pretty much the same as Collingwood's jumper.

Eddie did what any club administrator would have done in the same circumstances in resisting the AFL giving an open licence to use the Port Magpies design.

The AFL has given a massive concession here and Port fans should be grateful to the AFL and to Collingwood for not making a bigger fuss, which it would have been quite entitled to do considering the substantial value it has in the black and white and its clothing sponsor Adidas likewise.

I didn't have any problem with Port wearing the guernsey as a purely token tribute to the past, and that's exactly what has been allowed. It should go no further.

Let's go back to the footy.

You are full of crap.

Port Adelaide was formed in 1870 and moved into the AFL in 1997, when the Port Adelaide Magpies football club was created.

Adidas and Reebok are not competitors, Adidas owns Reebok.

Port Adelaide and Collingwood are seperate clubs, they shouldn't have any say in what the other club wears unless they are playing each other. It just shows where Collingwood's priorities are - protecting their brand. Maybe they should worry about winning a flag?

 

[Quinz]

2008 Heritage round- Away game
2009 Heritage round- Home game agianst Collingwood
2010 Heritage round- Away game
2011 Heritage round- Home game against Collingwood

 

[WhyAlwaysMe]

2008 Heritage round- Away game
2009 Heritage round- Home game agianst Collingwood
2010 Heritage round- Away game
2011 Heritage round- Home game against Collingwood

I can see it happening like that

 

[celtic_pride]

FWIW

Port Adelaide FC (the SANFL Magpies) have worn the black and white colours for several more years before Collingwood (or originally Brittania did) so that counteracts any silly and childish comment from Collingwood fans that the AFL magpies wore the black and white first (historically speaking)

 

[1892]

and here boys and girls, is the the killer blow to us.

"Port Adelaide has also agreed that it will not commercially manufacture their black and white heritage guernsey." at the request of collingwood.

this is an absolute joke, the amount of money which is going to be lost as a result of this ridiculous ruling is unbelievable.

The Port Adelaide Screw Job.

...and another one.

http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/5586/Default.aspx?newsId=43175

"More importantly Port Adelaide has agreed that it will never wear a guernsey of predominantly black and white stripes or any other combination of colour and design that clash with the traditional Collingwood uniform."

I hope if Southport is ever granted entry to the AFL in any form, a clause such as the above, only with tighter restrictions regarding any heritage jumper is put in place. Southport did play under the Magpie name until the early 1980s.

 

[Crowmaniac]

Why cant Collingwood just be like every other club with heritage ariound the world? In the EPL for example, any club can wear whatever colours they want as long as it doesnt clash with another club when they play them by providing atleast 1 clash guernsey. Is Collingwood some uber-special club that is more important than any other that they are the only team to wear those colours and they will only wear those colours?

Port clearly have no heritage away from home. All power supporters should turn up to the heritage round game in SANFL magpies guernseys to spite collingwood!

On the plus side, atleast Port can wear it sometimes now

 

[Tizza]

If I was Port Adelaide I would have called a press confrence and said we are wearing this jumper and thats it wethwer collingwood like it or not, in fact i would love to see Port wear it again the following week to really stick it up Eddies nose

 

[Spadge]

All power supporters should turn up to the heritage round game in SANFL magpies guernseys to spite collingwood!

yep thats definitely the plan

 

[deck]

Great work Eddie

 

[Portia]

****ing shameful.

John James to quit his job as Port CEO and to move to the AFL commission in two weeks. Its the only thing that could explain this truly pathetic deal even being considered.