Hold the phone, Port have assumed, ass-u-me hello, Coch0 should not be taken for granted.
Port requests for Gold Coast to change home guernsey
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Hold the phone, Port have assumed, ass-u-me hello, Coch0 should not be taken for granted.
I understand that the Port has bought the rights to the home game off Gold Coast.
But as far as I'm aware the AFL has always controlled the guernseys worn by the teams. The home team has never got to choose the oppositions' guernsey have they?
I thought it worked like this. If the away team's kit clashes with the home kit then the AFL dictates the away team where their clash guernsey. (And please don't respond to me asking about Collingwood's old clash policy
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So since there is no clash, it doesn't matter who the home team is. They wear the same playing kits if it is a Gold Coast or a Port home game. As they have done since Gold Coast's first season.
My guess is Kochie didn't realise that the home team doesn't pick the playing guernseys. So when he talks about the contract he's just talking about Port having control over the game like they would as if it was a home game. Its just a pity for him that no home team gets to control what the other team wears.
If there is anything wrong in this post please correct me. I could completely have messed this up, but it would explain I reckon why Kochie thought he could dictate Gold Coast to wear their clash.
But as far as I'm aware the AFL has always controlled the guernseys worn by the teams. The home team has never got to choose the oppositions' guernsey have they?
I thought it worked like this. If the away team's kit clashes with the home kit then the AFL dictates the away team where their clash guernsey. (And please don't respond to me asking about Collingwood's old clash policy
)So since there is no clash, it doesn't matter who the home team is. They wear the same playing kits if it is a Gold Coast or a Port home game. As they have done since Gold Coast's first season.
My guess is Kochie didn't realise that the home team doesn't pick the playing guernseys. So when he talks about the contract he's just talking about Port having control over the game like they would as if it was a home game. Its just a pity for him that no home team gets to control what the other team wears.
If there is anything wrong in this post please correct me. I could completely have messed this up, but it would explain I reckon why Kochie thought he could dictate Gold Coast to wear their clash.
That's pretty much it. Home team get to choose the home jumper so since Port bought that right then they can wear whatever they like. The only way they can force Gold Coast into a clash jumper is if they wear a one off "Chinese jumper" that is mostly red...otherwise the Suns get to wear their home jumper.I understand that the Port has bought the rights to the home game off Gold Coast.
But as far as I'm aware the AFL has always controlled the guernseys worn by the teams. The home team has never got to choose the oppositions' guernsey have they?
I thought it worked like this. If the away team's kit clashes with the home kit then the AFL dictates the away team where their clash guernsey. (And please don't respond to me asking about Collingwood's old clash policy
So since there is no clash, it doesn't matter who the home team is. They wear the same playing kits if it is a Gold Coast or a Port home game. As they have done since Gold Coast's first season.
My guess is Kochie didn't realise that the home team doesn't pick the playing guernseys. So when he talks about the contract he's just talking about Port having control over the game like they would as if it was a home game. Its just a pity for him that no home team gets to control what the other team wears.
If there is anything wrong in this post please correct me. I could completely have messed this up, but it would explain I reckon why Kochie thought he could dictate Gold Coast to wear their clash.
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Yes you wear your home colours and so do they as it isn't a clash. They wear their home colours against you in Adelaide
Surely there is some sort of contract which says who wears what colours?
I think you are missing the point.
Teams only wear a different jumper if it clashes with the home team. There is no clash between ports and suns, so no need for either team to wear their clash jumpers....
AFL admin, who are you to question .... its not a calico bag decision !!!
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Please please don't give in GCS and AFL.
Been too much fun watching Koch crack it over such a trivial issue.
Been too much fun watching Koch crack it over such a trivial issue.
Could have one a bit like the SA origin one and drag the crowd into the stoush
Exactly, it's not like Port have the wear their clash jumper every time they are the away team.
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It is a spectacular backfire. Not only does Gold Coast have the national colours, but they also get the Panda as their mascot? What person from Port thought this out? Doesn't sound like they did.
Now all we need is for Gold Coast to win the match and the crowd to get behind them. Maybe Gold Coast should say "I'll take it from here Port".
Now all we need is for Gold Coast to win the match and the crowd to get behind them. Maybe Gold Coast should say "I'll take it from here Port".
Have GCS considered a Garry Hocking-like temporary name change for GAblett for this game? Maybe something like, let's say Confucius, or Mao Zedong? Tie it in with their club colours, maybe a friendly Mandarin Chinese phrase on the banner, even if they only get a few hundred thousand members out of it, and generate a few million extra tourist visits to Qld, Kochie's head will explode...
And Port with black and white colours and a 10-year deal - they'd struggle to get support even if Taiwan was the opposition!
Pity who ever was involved in the initial planning for this...
And Port with black and white colours and a 10-year deal - they'd struggle to get support even if Taiwan was the opposition!
Pity who ever was involved in the initial planning for this...
Pretty sure number 9 is san choi bao
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Its more than that, red is also considered a lucky colour. Black and white are considered unlucky. Anyone with the most rudimentary understanding of Chinese culture (particularly things they consider 'lucky') would have known that the one team strip you don't want playing against you is the Gold Coast one.
Christ this is funny.
Master businessman Kochie has:
- tried to organise a home game in China, but somehow didn't realise what his contract with his home ground stipulated
- asked the AFL to save his deal by getting GC involved
- not realised until way too late the significance of the jumper colours
- bleated that there was an agreement to cover his incompetent ass, but then somehow neglected to have any actual contractual terms regarding it
What a titan of business he is. Every single stuff up is a failure of business 101.
LOL
Master businessman Kochie has:
- tried to organise a home game in China, but somehow didn't realise what his contract with his home ground stipulated
- asked the AFL to save his deal by getting GC involved
- not realised until way too late the significance of the jumper colours
- bleated that there was an agreement to cover his incompetent ass, but then somehow neglected to have any actual contractual terms regarding it
What a titan of business he is. Every single stuff up is a failure of business 101.
LOL
Kochie has done a Trump. Not doing his club any favours with this one, should quit while so far behind.
Kochie just tweeted:
"Failing GCS wearing red and gold is fake news. Ablett is over-rated and not even funny. Sad."
"Failing GCS wearing red and gold is fake news. Ablett is over-rated and not even funny. Sad."
Surely before they sold the game they should have considered the colours of the opposition if it meant that much too them!
Haha gotta love it!!
Haha gotta love it!!
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I feel very little sympathy for Port Adelaide on this issue. I don't think they realise how lucky they are to buy off a home game - there won't be many clubs willing to give up so much.
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I note that Koch says they are committed for ten years. How they deal with Gold Coast now, will make it harder to get anyone else to go - and Gold Coast or Brisbane might be the only realistic options here - given games contracts elsewhere. Do they really expect other clubs not to use every advantage they can during this match. This could be North and Friday night footy all over again.
Unlike "normal" H&A games, we've paid GC $500k for this game. So all of your examples & arguments about who/what club controls what under "normal" circumstances goes out the window.
Also as I've read elsewhere, the Chinese don't take kindly to white dudes running around wearing their national colours pretending to be Chinese..... it's going to do the GC brand more harm than good, especially if they lose.
Koch has GC/AFL's best interests at heart
Carry on.
Also as I've read elsewhere, the Chinese don't take kindly to white dudes running around wearing their national colours pretending to be Chinese..... it's going to do the GC brand more harm than good, especially if they lose.
Koch has GC/AFL's best interests at heart
Carry on.
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AFL still controls who wears what jumpers and there is no clash and gold coast for administrative purposes are still the home team.
And citation needed
