Port Adelaide's plan to use jumpers similar to Collingwood

[port_adelaide_1870]

Correct. For all Eddie's posturing the trademarks belong to the AFL.

Yep, Eddie is talking about trademark this, if the AFL owns the trademark and the AFL say we can wear it, how can this go to court? The owners of the trademark have said it’s okay

 

[raman]

Port should try to design a guernsey of their own instead of trying to be Collingwood. Other expansion clubs like GWS and Fremantle have really leaned into their uniqueness and they feel like real footy clubs because of it.

 

[Vivy]

That, uh, didn't happen though, did it?

Looks practically like a Collingwood jumper to me. On sale on eBay.

 

[raman]

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Looks practically like a Collingwood jumper to me. On sale on eBay.

Wow, you must be really upset at Carlton for selling Geelong jumpers all these years.

 

[Vivy]

I wouldn’t be okay with that but I don’t believe this is what the Port administration are asking for?

They're asking to wear it twice a year. If it was once every few years as a special occasion I'd also be on board with it.

That's not what they're asking for though.

 

[Vivy]

Wow, you must be really upset at Carlton for selling Geelong jumpers all these years.

If that were true then sure. But it's not.

 

[Papa G]

They're asking to wear it twice a year. If it was once every few years as a special occasion I'd also be on board with it.

That's not what they're asking for though.

Nobody gives a **** if you're on board. You don't matter.

 

[raman]

If that were true then sure. But it's not.

Should've gone to Specsavers.

 

[Vivy]

Nobody gives a fu** if you're on board. You don't matter.

Either do you, but here you are

 

[Kickpuncher]

If that were true then sure. But it's not.

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[PowerBaz]

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Looks practically like a Collingwood jumper to me. On sale on eBay.

Crikey, you need your eyes fixed.

 

[Bearded Clam]

Correct. For all Eddie's posturing the trademarks belong to the AFL.

the AFL may own the trademarks but the tradition, the identity, the history, the love of the jumper.. thats owned by the club and its supporters.

The collingwood magpies were in the comp first. the port adelaide power came along 20 years ago and, when joining the comp, agreed to differentiate itself from Collingwood.

you cannot simply start winding that back without giving essentially the main stakeholders a say...

 

[Bald]

They're asking to wear it twice a year. If it was once every few years as a special occasion I'd also be on board with it.

That's not what they're asking for though.

Against Adelaide, in South Australia, right?

Not seeing an issue.

 

[Malibu#27]

maybe because no one has ever tried to wear the bulldogs colours for their own in an afl match?

.... other than hawthorn

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[raman]

the AFL may own the trademarks but the tradition, the identity, the history, the love of the jumper.. thats owned by the club and its supporters.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

 

[PowerBaz]

I thought it was great Ed kept promoting our crowd wearing the prison bars, the free publicity was terrific.

 

[Malibu#27]

Port selling Collingwood jumpers is a joke.

That’s why port has never sold a Collingwood guernsey.

 

[Malibu#27]

If their away jumper clashes with our home jumper on tv that’s a completely different issue.

What if your away guernsey clashes with their home guernsey ?

 

[PowerBaz]

Port selling Collingwood jumpers is a joke.

Port wearing the prison bars once in a blue moon is fine.

Supporters and the club selling, and wearing the jumpers on a regular basis is stupid. They joined the AFL. Collingwood was already there and they were wearing that jumper for forever and a day.

If some other club wanted to start wearing the hoops I'd say get stuffed

Like the Crows? They wear hoops.

 

[Malibu#27]

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Looks practically like a Collingwood jumper to me. On sale on eBay.

That probably says more about your eyesight than anything else

 

[PowerBaz]

 

[Kappa]

What if your away guernsey clashes with their home guernsey ?

then the away team should change

 

[Malibu#27]

then the away team should change

That’s good to know. So why in that case didn’t Collingwood change given they were the away side.

 

[Go the Guts]

You reckon Eddie wouldn't have gone down that track years ago if that was the case?

How would I know? I think he's tried to keep it as a gentleman's agreement re: heritage round over the years but he sounded tonight like this latest attempt by port is tipping them over the edge. But he was quite strong on saying Collingwood should litigate, tonight on FC. I'm just so bloody sick of hearing about it. And given port joined the AFL which Collingwood was already a huge part of, and port also wanted to distance themselves from the port magpies as much as possible at the time, and agreed to come in as a tricolour club, it should just stay as it is and never be brought the **** up again.

 

[tandino]

How fragile do you have to be. I mean, seriously.