True but if our history pre 1997 wasnt acknowledged then our right to wear the prison bars was non existent.
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Toast #BringBackTheBars - Our Heritage, Our History, Our Right! Part 1
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I think you have me confused with chiwigi bomberclifford who have met with the club re: Prison Bars. Maybe they can shed some light on this for you.
We already had done so prior to this arrangement, back in 2003. It just seems like an unnecessary trade off that almost defeats its own purpose.
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What are you asking here? It is unclear.
Do we as supporters know the ins and outs of everything? - Good god no, they wont show us the agreement.
Has the club consulted with us and listened to our needs? - Yes
Are we satisfied that the club are trying to wear the PB's in an ongoing basis and value them in this way? - Yes
Are we confident in the ability of the club to win the battle with the AFL? - maybe
What we have been promised is that the club will never sign an agreement that forbids us wearing the PB's again.
That there will be constant struggle to make sure they are represented in the AFL.
full time? - no,
but special occasions and working on regularly (eg. Showdowns and ANZAC).
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Special occasions worries me, because as I posted above, the only special occasions the AFL have okayed since the 2007 agreement is the last game at AAMI and that time Richmond didn't have an adequate clash solution.
They specifically didn't okay us wearing the bars for the 1914 centenary. That's a huge red flag for me, because we've never had a bigger season. Perhaps they are wary of allowing us to use them to celebrate premiership anniversaries, because as people have pointed out here, that's every year.
They specifically didn't okay us wearing the bars for the 1914 centenary. That's a huge red flag for me, because we've never had a bigger season. Perhaps they are wary of allowing us to use them to celebrate premiership anniversaries, because as people have pointed out here, that's every year.
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Surely it couldn’t be that, I mean that one was clearly an exceptional anniversary. It’s not every season that we’d be celebrating 100 years since the best Australian Football season of all time or anything close to it.
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Apologies Pappagallo, I wrongly assumed you were one of the people that met with the club.
I really should stop myself from posting before work.
On the other topic I couldn't make sense of why KT would make these two statements that appear to be contradictory:
1 - "OK so let me, let me, categorically say that there is no agreement, SIGNED, that prevents us from wearing the Prison Bar post 2020."
2 - The argument that the administration back then was having, was recognition that 1870 was in fact our birthday.
Up until then the AFL had only ever acknowledged us, post 1997, and so the agreement there was that we were not to seek to wear the prison bars on an ongoing basis, in the AFL which they were happy to sign, because they were never intended to anyway.
Ok so my understanding is that we are not prevented from wearing it, but we are prevented from wearing it on an ongoing basis and we have to consult with the AFL to use them on special occasions such as heritage rounds.
I really should stop myself from posting before work.
On the other topic I couldn't make sense of why KT would make these two statements that appear to be contradictory:
1 - "OK so let me, let me, categorically say that there is no agreement, SIGNED, that prevents us from wearing the Prison Bar post 2020."
2 - The argument that the administration back then was having, was recognition that 1870 was in fact our birthday.
Up until then the AFL had only ever acknowledged us, post 1997, and so the agreement there was that we were not to seek to wear the prison bars on an ongoing basis, in the AFL which they were happy to sign, because they were never intended to anyway.
Ok so my understanding is that we are not prevented from wearing it, but we are prevented from wearing it on an ongoing basis and we have to consult with the AFL to use them on special occasions such as heritage rounds.
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Another up and coming team of champions in the prison bars.
Prison bars = success.
Prison bars = success.
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The Man With An Agreement for Every Occasion: Eddie Everywhere, Eddie Everything, Eddie Every Time ... 
AFL Finals Geelong v Collingwood: Fans fume over jumper clash
Eddie McGuire claims there was a gentleman’s handshake agreement Geelong would wear white gear to avoid jumper clashes, but Cats president Colin Carter says it’s news to him.
Geelong was wearing its home kit with blue shorts, a move that angered McGuire, who believed the clubs had a “gentlemen’s agreement” dating back two decades.
But, with Geelong finishing atop the AFL ladder, Carter says the Cats had the right to wear their home jumper and if the Magpies had a problem it was up to them to solve it.
... “The home team has the right to wear their home strip, which is what happened last night.
“And I think if certain clubs want to keep protesting about that, then they’ve got to make the running on that....”
... After seeing his side secure a 10-point win, McGuire lashed out at the strip clash.
“I saw the beginning of the game and I went over to (AFL boss) Gil (McLachlan) because 20 years ago, Frank Costa and I shook hands on an agreement because 21 years ago, there was a day when Collingwood had predominantly white, white shorts and Geelong had white and no one could tell what was going on,” he told Brian Taylor.
“But we had an agreement, home, away — have a look at the Grand Final in 2011. For 20 years, they’ve worn the white gear because we had a gentlemen’s agreement,” McGuire said.
AFL Finals Geelong v Collingwood: Fans fume over jumper clash
Eddie McGuire claims there was a gentleman’s handshake agreement Geelong would wear white gear to avoid jumper clashes, but Cats president Colin Carter says it’s news to him.
Geelong was wearing its home kit with blue shorts, a move that angered McGuire, who believed the clubs had a “gentlemen’s agreement” dating back two decades.
But, with Geelong finishing atop the AFL ladder, Carter says the Cats had the right to wear their home jumper and if the Magpies had a problem it was up to them to solve it.
... “The home team has the right to wear their home strip, which is what happened last night.
“And I think if certain clubs want to keep protesting about that, then they’ve got to make the running on that....”
... After seeing his side secure a 10-point win, McGuire lashed out at the strip clash.
“I saw the beginning of the game and I went over to (AFL boss) Gil (McLachlan) because 20 years ago, Frank Costa and I shook hands on an agreement because 21 years ago, there was a day when Collingwood had predominantly white, white shorts and Geelong had white and no one could tell what was going on,” he told Brian Taylor.
“But we had an agreement, home, away — have a look at the Grand Final in 2011. For 20 years, they’ve worn the white gear because we had a gentlemen’s agreement,” McGuire said.
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The Man With An Agreement for Every Occasion: Eddie Everywhere, Eddie Everything, Eddie Every Time ...
AFL Finals Geelong v Collingwood: Fans fume over jumper clash
Eddie McGuire claims there was a gentleman’s handshake agreement Geelong would wear white gear to avoid jumper clashes, but Cats president Colin Carter says it’s news to him.
Geelong was wearing its home kit with blue shorts, a move that angered McGuire, who believed the clubs had a “gentlemen’s agreement” dating back two decades.
But, with Geelong finishing atop the AFL ladder, Carter says the Cats had the right to wear their home jumper and if the Magpies had a problem it was up to them to solve it.
... “The home team has the right to wear their home strip, which is what happened last night.
“And I think if certain clubs want to keep protesting about that, then they’ve got to make the running on that....”
... After seeing his side secure a 10-point win, McGuire lashed out at the strip clash.
“I saw the beginning of the game and I went over to (AFL boss) Gil (McLachlan) because 20 years ago, Frank Costa and I shook hands on an agreement because 21 years ago, there was a day when Collingwood had predominantly white, white shorts and Geelong had white and no one could tell what was going on,” he told Brian Taylor.
“But we had an agreement, home, away — have a look at the Grand Final in 2011. For 20 years, they’ve worn the white gear because we had a gentlemen’s agreement,” McGuire said.
Good on Colin Carter for sticking it to Eddie the Exaggerator - what I have called him since about 1996, when according to Eddie every week was a big week in football, despite it being an average, bland and boring week.
But where was Colin Carter sticking it to Eddie when he was on the bloody AFL Commission??? We need to look at some important history to see that Carter has played his part in handing over too much power/influence to Eddie.
Lets have a look at Carter's back ground. He worked for Boston Consulting Group for over 25 years and it was his report that lead to the first step towards the independent VFL Commission where clubs/presidents transferred some powers across to a new independent VFL Commission, but the big bang changes came in mid 1992 with the establishment of the David Crawford Inquiry, and the subsequent Crawford Report which made its recommendations in March 1993 and were adopted pretty much in full, on 19 July 1993 transferring almost all powers from the clubs/presidents to the AFL Commission and its executives. The Wookie has done a good basic summary of these 2 big changes in this thread about the AFL Commission Formation at;
The AFL Commission - Formation and Powers
The following article was written for the footybusiness wiki using the AFL 1993 and 1998 Annual Reports Every so often someone asks a question about the powers of the commission, and so Ive drafted this up. Along the way I covered the Crawford Report, about which there is a lack of...
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In Carter's CV listed on the Geelong website it says he was a director of Geelong between 1987 and 1993 and then again since 2008. In between 1993 and 2008 he was an AFL Commissioner. Looks like he got on around the time The Crawford Report was implemented by the clubs and commission. He's been President of Geelong since 2011 when Frank Costa stepped down.
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Colin’s involvement with football started in 1985 when his report for the VFL outlined a national competition and the draft and salary cap strategies to keep all clubs competitive. Two years later, he brokered agreement between the VFL and MCC which led to the return of VFL Members to the MCG and building the Great Southern Stand. Later, he led the working group that prepared the AFL’s strategy for grassroots development. .....
It was this dopey deal with the MCC and trade off for the 23,000 AFL Members Reserve and shiny new offices in The Great Southern Stand at the MCG that has lead to the AFL owing Eddie big time.
The trade off was that from 1992, the stand was completed for the 1992 World Cup played in March - the MCG got guaranteed Grand Finals until 2032 as well as guaranteed 1 final per week for the first 3 weeks before the GF. In 1987/88 when the deal was negotiated there was Sydney, WCE and Brisbane in the VFL and they wanted an Adelaide team, yet to get their shiny new offices and 23,000 members reserve the VFL signed away rights to force non Vic teams to play "home finals" at the MCG.
When this deal was negotiated it was a final 5, when Adelaide came in was a final 6 in 1991, and then a final 8 was invented in 1994 to try and help get around the MCG/AFL deal as it meant 2 PF's gave the opportunity for a non Vic team not have to play a home PF at the MCG.
Deals were done in the late 1990's and when Docklands was being built to bank finals in the first 2 weeks, to get around potential problems and to have finals at Docklands as well as home week 1 and 2 finals at the MCG for the non Vic side.
But as non Vic teams started dominating, the home PF rule looked like it was going to cause a * up and national embarrassment for the AFL. If Port didn't lose the 2002 QF it would have come to a head then, but it was in 2004 when both Port and Brisbane won their home QF's and Brisbane were forced to play their home PF at the MCG.
Eddie saw an opportunity, knew this looked s**t house for the AFL to be screwed by the MCG to force non Vic sides to play a home PF at the MCG, so he got the MCC and AFL talking, and was part of the negotiations and said Collingwood would play more games at MCG, against the bigger Vic clubs, to increase revenue and crowds at the MCG, plus move games from Docklands, so that 12 of the biggest 15 matches when the draw was done, between 2 Vic sides, would be at the MCG. The deal got the AFL out of an embarrassing mess. The AFL have owed Eddie ever since, so they are scared of his media power and influence and bend to his whims too often.
The question to Colin Carter is, what did you do when you were on the AFL Commission, to stop yourself, other Commissioners and AFL Executives pissing their pants every time Eddie demand things go his way???? A bit of karma me thinks Colin.
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Port should be on the phone to Colin today offering support.The Man With An Agreement for Every Occasion: Eddie Everywhere, Eddie Everything, Eddie Every Time ...
AFL Finals Geelong v Collingwood: Fans fume over jumper clash
Eddie McGuire claims there was a gentleman’s handshake agreement Geelong would wear white gear to avoid jumper clashes, but Cats president Colin Carter says it’s news to him.
Geelong was wearing its home kit with blue shorts, a move that angered McGuire, who believed the clubs had a “gentlemen’s agreement” dating back two decades.
But, with Geelong finishing atop the AFL ladder, Carter says the Cats had the right to wear their home jumper and if the Magpies had a problem it was up to them to solve it.
... “The home team has the right to wear their home strip, which is what happened last night.
“And I think if certain clubs want to keep protesting about that, then they’ve got to make the running on that....”
... After seeing his side secure a 10-point win, McGuire lashed out at the strip clash.
“I saw the beginning of the game and I went over to (AFL boss) Gil (McLachlan) because 20 years ago, Frank Costa and I shook hands on an agreement because 21 years ago, there was a day when Collingwood had predominantly white, white shorts and Geelong had white and no one could tell what was going on,” he told Brian Taylor.
“But we had an agreement, home, away — have a look at the Grand Final in 2011. For 20 years, they’ve worn the white gear because we had a gentlemen’s agreement,” McGuire said.
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How disrespectful is Geelong! The AFL needs to send them a stern reminder that Collingwood is the home team every week and especially in finals.
Eddie would also be angry that this 'incident' is likely to cause a spinoff discussion about Collingwood needing a completely alternative clash strip. Of course the AFL will bring the hammer down on Geelong.
Carter's words below should be enlarged, bolded, and framed, and then posted to the PAFC Board of Directors and CEO. If I have interpreted that final sentence correctly then it he means that clubs being suppressed from wearing their preferred jumper should just wear it when it is right to do so. Much like what Timmy and George have expressed.
“The home team has the right to wear their home strip, which is what happened last night.
“And I think if certain clubs want to keep protesting about that, then they’ve got to make the running on that....”
Eddie would also be angry that this 'incident' is likely to cause a spinoff discussion about Collingwood needing a completely alternative clash strip. Of course the AFL will bring the hammer down on Geelong.
Carter's words below should be enlarged, bolded, and framed, and then posted to the PAFC Board of Directors and CEO. If I have interpreted that final sentence correctly then it he means that clubs being suppressed from wearing their preferred jumper should just wear it when it is right to do so. Much like what Timmy and George have expressed.
“The home team has the right to wear their home strip, which is what happened last night.
“And I think if certain clubs want to keep protesting about that, then they’ve got to make the running on that....”
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This is bang on. Collingwood needs to take their head out of their own arses, say yes to the extra merch dollars and design a proper clash kit. If Juve can run around in pink and blue and yellow and silver and green then so can they.
Absolutely and by that same token if we're serious about wearing the bars full-time so should we! The silver and white number alluded to by Hodges in your avatar would probably do the trick..
I've said before in this thread, had we hypothetically been allowed to wear the bars on joining the AFL - either in 1990 or 1997, chances are we would have needed to produce a viable clash design - a 'bastardisation' of our own somewhere in the intervening years till now..
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I've said before in this thread, had we hypothetically been allowed to wear the bars on joining the AFL - either in 1990 or 1997, chances are we would have needed to produce a viable clash design - a 'bastardisation' of our own somewhere in the intervening years till now..
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Once we can wear what we want at home then it doesn’t even matter what we wear away. It could be teal and magenta polka dots for all I care. Changing your strip for away games is the convention in every sporting code globally (apart from our own) and it’s just good manners. Everyone wipes their feet before entering someone else’s home but Collingwood thinks it’s cool to lay back and put their muddy shoes on your couch for some reason.
Collingwood has two great, contrasting strips. The white shorts rule was at fault on Friday.
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The fact that Eddie is allowed to make so many side deals is ridiculous. They should have a third strip is they want their away one to be so close to their home one. Geelong shouldn't have to have a side deal that prevents them wearing their home kit because Eddie doesn't want a proper clash guernsey and follow the rules.
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We should just make secret side deals with everyone except Collingwood to wear the PBs.
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Now that would set the cat among the pigeons.
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