Competition "What If" Wednesdays: Week 45 - Port Adelaide Relocated To The NT

[cannavo]

After the saturation of 'What If's was brought to attention
The team list has been culled of dead weight to prevent a deterring mindset when looking at all the options where little to no creativity would come of it.
15 teams remain capping this competition at 60.

Each Wednesday (most likely not) a non-existing team that has been known in the AFL world as a proposition or a former team will be brought to life!

Each comp will run for 1 week or so and the poll will run for 1 week or more if needed.
The winner picks the next team in the list below​

There are some routes you can go by if you're stuck

• The chosen team has entered the competition in 2017 along with the current 18 OR
• Design kits as if they've been in the competition all along OR
• Go back in time when the team entered the competition or when a merger would've happened (if applicable)
  eg. Design kits in 1991 when Adelaide entered the competition as the Crows
  Design kits in 1997 when the newly formed Melbourne Hawks would play their first season OR
• (For VFL Expansion) Accompany your kits with a backstory on how the team came to be

Your job is to produce a:

• Home kit
• Away kit (Home with white shorts is acceptable)
• OPTIONAL 3rd
  • Clash kit
  • Heritage kit
  • Other kit
• Club Logo (OPTIONAL BUT ENCOURAGED)

This week we ask....


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NEW RULES 23/6/15 (Read Carefully):

1. Kits and Logo must be in 1 picture (Makes polls easier to fit everything in)
2. The kits can consist of just a Jumper (Shorts and socks are encouraged to give a full identity effect)
3. Minimum 2 kits and there's no limit to how many kits you can include after that
   eg. Home and Away and/or Clash and/or Heritage and/or Others
4. Maximum 2 entries per person
5. For the former teams and Expansion teams I'll allow the use of the last jumper design the club used only once (Opens the door for that modern creativity)
6. For the proposed teams Directly copying a kit (Colours and design) of any team is disallowed
7. For the mergers, no restrictions. You can take any elements from the clubs involved in the merger and create whatever you please as long as you don't copy any proposed designs that have been brought up already
8. Proposed and Former teams - Do not use logos or jumper artwork that is being used or has been used by the club before (exception in Rule 5 for former teams)
9. Any team - Creating a logo from scratch is encouraged but you may take inspiration from and/or alter any sports logo to drive home your design.
10. Any proposed designs that have been brought up for the current team will not be allowed for use
11. Proposed Teams - You may use any colours you like even if it is being used by the team as long as it doesn't replicate any past/present designs the team has

TL-DR Version

1. Just make an entry and I'll pull you up on anything

Any other questions will be answered


Team List with links to past polls
Former (No further additions)

• University
• Brisbane Bears
• Fitzroy Lions

Mergers (No further additions)

• Melbourne Hawks (Melbourne Demons and Hawthorn Hawks merger)
• Melbourne Lions (Melbourne Demons and Fitzroy Lions merger)
• Fitzroy Bulldogs (Fitzroy Lions and Footscray Bulldogs merger)
• Norwood - Sturt merger for AFL spot
• North Melbourne relocation to the Gold Coast
• North Fitzroy Kangaroos (North Melbourne Kangaroos and Fitzroy Lions merger)
• Glenelg - South Adelaide merger for AFL spot
• Sydney - Brisbane Bears Merger (1992)
• The Cartel (Players from Central Dist, North Adel, West Adel, Woodville-West Torrens picked from their respective sides to play AFL Football)- More Info
• Carlton - St Kilda merger
• Sydney - North Melbourne Merger (INFO)
• Fremantle Sharks (East Fremantle and South Fremantle merger)
• Dandenong - Fitzroy Merger (INFO)
• Fitzroy - St Kilda Merger (INFO)
• North Melbourne - Melbourne Merger (INFO)

Proposed (No further additions)

• Sydney Celtics
• Tasmanian Team
• ACT Team
• Southport Sharks to the AFL - 1996
• Melbourne team relocation to Los Angeles (INFO)
• Norwood to takeover Adelaide Crows - 1995
• Northern Territory Team (INFO)
• Fremantle
  • Hammers
  • Mariners
  • Dolphins
• Greater Western Sydney
  • Wolves
  • Stallions
• Adelaide
  • Falcons
  • Sharks
  • Arrows
  • Lakers
  • Rams
  • Dolphins
• Port Adelaide
  • Raiders
  • Pirates
  • Mariners
  • Sharks
  • Magpies
• Gold Coast
  • Stingrays
  • Ironmen
  • Lifesavers
• Brisbane
  • Rockets

VFL Expansion (No further additions)
Click Here for details on the teams listed

• Brunswick - 1925
• City FC (North Melbourne - West Melbourne Merger) - 1908
• Port Melbourne - 1925
• Brighton Penguins - 1907 & 1925
• East Perth - 1980
• Bendigo - 1951 (INFO)
• New Zealand Team
• Prahran - 1925
• Camberwell - 1923
• North Melbourne/Essendon - 1921
• Coburg - 1924
• Trans Australian Airlines - played under 19s VFL in the 1940s, aka North Essendon

Theoreticals (No further additions)

• Melbourne team relocation to London
• If Fitzroy stayed as The Gorillas
• If Port Adelaide relocated to the NT as Central Australia Power

Spoiler: Culled What If's

Ballarat League Team - 1919
Fremantle Union, Courage, Stokers
Brisbane Breakers
Gold Coast Marlins
GWS Pride
If North Melbourne stayed as The Shinboners
If St Kilda stayed as The Seagulls
If St Kilda kept their WW1 kit colours
If North Melbourne relocated to Tasmania
If St Kilda relocated to New Zealand
If Western Bulldogs relocated to Ballarat
If South Melbourne didn't relocate
If South Melbourne stayed as The Bloods
Norwood to the AFL - 1994
Fitzroy moving to Brisbane OR Gold Coast - 1986
St Kilda relocation to Perth (INFO)
Sydney Lions (Fitzroy Lions relocation to Sydney) - 1981 (INFO)
Footscray relocation to Queensland - 1981 (INFO)
Fitzroy relocation to Canberra - 1996
Public Service FC - 1925

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[cannavo]

Raw Source: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sp...h/news-story/92a57f9af603113e6696459f4eb956d8

“Three months ago, Mike Fitzpatrick (the current AFL chairman) said, ‘To be frank, none of us expected that you could turn it around so we had a plan B to get rid of Port’.

“I said ‘You bastards! … I had all these assurances.’ He said: ‘Ah yes, well we would have honoured them, but just in case you didn’t.’

“It was a huge shock. There was talk of rebranding; of maybe basing the club in the Northern Territory and calling it Central Australia rather than Port Adelaide.”

 

[DiamondGuy]

 

[Prison bar Pete]

When liking or voting I will take the attitude that these designs have nothing to do with Port Adelaide!

 

[Fizzler]

When liking or voting I will take the attitude that these designs have nothing to do with Port Adelaide!

I am making mine and I almost vomited, although mine is a bit clever so I’m hoping nobody takes it before I finish it.

 

[just_kick_it]

 

[Fizzler]

Backstory: Port are on their lowest ebb and the SANFL has drained the life out of the club. The AFL is sick of this but the SANFL having more power than Port in this era ultimately decide that they only want Adelaide in SA, so they give the AFL free reign to do whatever with Port. The AFL needs something to do to Port. At this point Gold Coast and GWS are established and have their blueprint set out, and the only empty spot in the AFL (bar Tasmania/ACT) is the Northern Territory. The AFL ships Port off to Central Australia with a few concessions, namely a Northern Territory academy, 5 extra list spots and one start of first-round pick (The Power picks Jonathon Patton with this and still gets Chad Wingard, this time with 7) in order for the AFL to avoid a legal case with the club. Identity-wise, the club is now called Central Australia Power. The home jumper is simply the SBS jumper with the spikes replaced with an Uluru silhouette. The clash jumper is simply teal Prison Bars with the Uluru silhouette on the front as a link to both the original club and the new home city. The club is based out of an upgraded Traeger Park.

 

[DYLANROO18]

Made a rough logo (based off ports current) to go with it kept the port prison bars on the home and incorporated a lightning bolt on the away.

 

[SilvaComet]

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Backstory: Port are on their lowest ebb and the SANFL has drained the life out of the club. The AFL is sick of this but the SANFL having more power than Port in this era ultimately decide that they only want Adelaide in SA, so they give the AFL free reign to do whatever with Port. The AFL needs something to do to Port. At this point Gold Coast and GWS are established and have their blueprint set out, and the only empty spot in the AFL (bar Tasmania/ACT) is the Northern Territory. The AFL ships Port off to Central Australia with a few concessions, namely a Northern Territory academy, 5 extra list spots and one start of first-round pick (The Power picks Jonathon Patton with this and still gets Chad Wingard, this time with 7) in order for the AFL to avoid a legal case with the club. Identity-wise, the club is now called Central Australia Power. The home jumper is simply the SBS jumper with the spikes replaced with an Uluru silhouette. The clash jumper is simply teal Prison Bars with the Uluru silhouette on the front as a link to both the original club and the new home city. The club is based out of an upgraded Traeger Park.

I know it's meant to be Uluru, but it looks kinda like a drunk 4 year old drew a football.

 

[jmac91]

Backstory: When Port were struggling they started selling games to Alice Springs. The games every year grew and grew, while games in Adelaide shrunk and shrunk. Seeing the opportunity of fully relocating to the NT, they changed their colours and name from Port Power to Central Australia Power. Now playing 5 games at Traeger Park, 4 games at Marrara Stadium and 2 games at the newly built Adelaide Oval, the Power has found a new home and a new group of supporters.​

 

[Spanna_]

it looks kinda like a drunk 4 year old drew a football.

How do you even know what that looks like?

 

[SilvaComet]

How do you even know what that looks like?

I was a pretty crazy kid.

 

[Mac Ropod]

 

[fancyscum]

Given others have used the PB's, I guess this re-colour is allowed.

 

[PeanutButter Pies]

 

[el Tel]

 

[mk1ne]

Logo
A combination of the existing Port Adelaide logo with an outline of the Northern Territory, with "CA" added to fill the space.

Home, Clash
These are pretty standard recreations of the existing Port Adelaide jumpers, replacing teal with the ochre of the Northern Territory flag.
The neck tag "CAPAFC" stands for Central Australia Port Adelaide Football Club, modelled after the Lion's BBFFC neck tag.
I would have used the existing 1870 neck tag, but I thought it was inappropriate for a club that would only start playing in CA in the 1990s.
This is in a similar vein to how the Los Angeles Lakers only count "years in Southern California" rather than "years in the NBA" for franchise longevity.
The home jumper would be worn at all games without a league designated clash, with black shorts for home, white shorts for away, black socks home and away.
The clash jumper would only be worn for away games with a league designated clash, with white shorts and black socks.

Alternate
This alternate jumper pays tribute to the CA Power's heritage and its new home.
This is a classic prison bars with a twist, an ochre yoke with orange dappling modelled after traditional Indigenous painting.
The alternate jumper would only be worn for a few home games, with black shorts and ochre socks.

Sponsors
Chinese multinational Tencent is CA Power's main sponsor, finally validating Kochie's attempts to break into the Chinese market.
American ride-share service Uber is CA Power's secondary sponsor, reflecting Uber's recent advertising blitz in preparation for the arrival of Lyft.
Indigenous owned and operated Ayer's Rock Resort is CA Power's tertiary sponsor, the only sponsor local to Central Australia.

Other
I would envision Port Adelaide moving to Central Australia shortly after joining the AFL.
Their inaugral jumper would be an ochre version of the classic "SBS" jumper.
In 2018-2019 CA Power would split home games between Darwin and Alice Springs, with one or two "home" games at Adelaide Oval.

 

[caloschwaby]

Logo
A combination of the existing Port Adelaide logo with an outline of the Northern Territory, with "CA" added to fill the space.

Home, Clash
These are pretty standard recreations of the existing Port Adelaide jumpers, replacing teal with the ochre of the Northern Territory flag.
The neck tag "CAPAFC" stands for Central Australia Port Adelaide Football Club, modelled after the Lion's BBFFC neck tag.
I would have used the existing 1870 neck tag, but I thought it was inappropriate for a club that would only start playing in CA in the 1990s.
This is in a similar vein to how the Los Angeles Lakers only count "years in Southern California" rather than "years in the NBA" for franchise longevity.
The home jumper would be worn at all games without a league designated clash, with black shorts for home, white shorts for away, black socks home and away.
The clash jumper would only be worn for away games with a league designated clash, with white shorts and black socks.

Alternate
This alternate jumper pays tribute to the CA Power's heritage and its new home.
This is a classic prison bars with a twist, an ochre yoke with orange dappling modelled after traditional Indigenous painting.
The alternate jumper would only be worn for a few home games, with black shorts and ochre socks.

Sponsors
Chinese multinational Tencent is CA Power's main sponsor, finally validating Kochie's attempts to break into the Chinese market.
American ride-share service Uber is CA Power's secondary sponsor, reflecting Uber's recent advertising blitz in preparation for the arrival of Lyft.
Indigenous owned and operated Ayer's Rock Resort is CA Power's tertiary sponsor, the only sponsor local to Central Australia.

Other
I would envision Port Adelaide moving to Central Australia shortly after joining the AFL.
Their inaugral jumper would be an ochre version of the classic "SBS" jumper.
In 2018-2019 CA Power would split home games between Darwin and Alice Springs, with one or two "home" games at Adelaide Oval.

Welcome to BigFooty!

 

[Freight Train]

Logo
A combination of the existing Port Adelaide logo with an outline of the Northern Territory, with "CA" added to fill the space.

Home, Clash
These are pretty standard recreations of the existing Port Adelaide jumpers, replacing teal with the ochre of the Northern Territory flag.
The neck tag "CAPAFC" stands for Central Australia Port Adelaide Football Club, modelled after the Lion's BBFFC neck tag.
I would have used the existing 1870 neck tag, but I thought it was inappropriate for a club that would only start playing in CA in the 1990s.
This is in a similar vein to how the Los Angeles Lakers only count "years in Southern California" rather than "years in the NBA" for franchise longevity.
The home jumper would be worn at all games without a league designated clash, with black shorts for home, white shorts for away, black socks home and away.
The clash jumper would only be worn for away games with a league designated clash, with white shorts and black socks.

Alternate
This alternate jumper pays tribute to the CA Power's heritage and its new home.
This is a classic prison bars with a twist, an ochre yoke with orange dappling modelled after traditional Indigenous painting.
The alternate jumper would only be worn for a few home games, with black shorts and ochre socks.

Sponsors
Chinese multinational Tencent is CA Power's main sponsor, finally validating Kochie's attempts to break into the Chinese market.
American ride-share service Uber is CA Power's secondary sponsor, reflecting Uber's recent advertising blitz in preparation for the arrival of Lyft.
Indigenous owned and operated Ayer's Rock Resort is CA Power's tertiary sponsor, the only sponsor local to Central Australia.

Other
I would envision Port Adelaide moving to Central Australia shortly after joining the AFL.
Their inaugral jumper would be an ochre version of the classic "SBS" jumper.
In 2018-2019 CA Power would split home games between Darwin and Alice Springs, with one or two "home" games at Adelaide Oval.

Welcome to FJGD - and solid design!

 

[Dav]

Logo
A combination of the existing Port Adelaide logo with an outline of the Northern Territory, with "CA" added to fill the space.

Home, Clash
These are pretty standard recreations of the existing Port Adelaide jumpers, replacing teal with the ochre of the Northern Territory flag.
The neck tag "CAPAFC" stands for Central Australia Port Adelaide Football Club, modelled after the Lion's BBFFC neck tag.
I would have used the existing 1870 neck tag, but I thought it was inappropriate for a club that would only start playing in CA in the 1990s.
This is in a similar vein to how the Los Angeles Lakers only count "years in Southern California" rather than "years in the NBA" for franchise longevity.
The home jumper would be worn at all games without a league designated clash, with black shorts for home, white shorts for away, black socks home and away.
The clash jumper would only be worn for away games with a league designated clash, with white shorts and black socks.

Alternate
This alternate jumper pays tribute to the CA Power's heritage and its new home.
This is a classic prison bars with a twist, an ochre yoke with orange dappling modelled after traditional Indigenous painting.
The alternate jumper would only be worn for a few home games, with black shorts and ochre socks.

Sponsors
Chinese multinational Tencent is CA Power's main sponsor, finally validating Kochie's attempts to break into the Chinese market.
American ride-share service Uber is CA Power's secondary sponsor, reflecting Uber's recent advertising blitz in preparation for the arrival of Lyft.
Indigenous owned and operated Ayer's Rock Resort is CA Power's tertiary sponsor, the only sponsor local to Central Australia.

Other
I would envision Port Adelaide moving to Central Australia shortly after joining the AFL.
Their inaugral jumper would be an ochre version of the classic "SBS" jumper.
In 2018-2019 CA Power would split home games between Darwin and Alice Springs, with one or two "home" games at Adelaide Oval.

That logo concept is absolutely superb!

 

[mk1ne]

Welcome to BigFooty!

Welcome to FJGD - and solid design!

Thanks lads, long time lurker, first time poster.

That logo concept is absolutely superb!

Thanks, I’ve seen state shapes used in a lot of American sport concepts, and the similar shape of the NT and Port Adelaide’s logo was too good to pass up.

Edit: Misquote

 

[Sparkle]

I know I was keen of fixing up the list of WIW and that should signal my intent to compete every week, but this week I may have to pass unfortunately.

There's a few factors - the first being that I'm still working on CCRC and ABA entries, the second being that my laptop is heading in for repairs tomorrow and that means I'll be away from my template for a couple of days, and after looking at these designs I'm really stretched for ideas, given pretty much every Port jumper has been reimagined in some way over the past week and there's only so many designs that can be done for theoreticals. Nothing I design now will be completely original and a fresh look on the theme.

I hope you all understand, and all going well I look to join back in the competition next week.