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

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[Time] ago we asked​

Poll will run for 3 days

Winner picks next team from this list and gets their name on the honour roll​

As for teams with more than 1 nickname next to them,
The team will still be used until all nicknames have been done​

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eg. If you choose Gold Coast, it must be followed by one of the available nicknames.​

No Show Rule: If the winner of the next poll does not respond with a team 3 days after being tagged
3 random teams will be polled to the public to be next
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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 Ifs"

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

Entry 1 DiamondGuy

Entry 2 just_kick_it

Entry 3 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."

Entry 4 DYLANROO18

Entry 5 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."

Entry 6 Mac Ropod

Entry 7 fancyscum

Entry 8 PeanutButter Pies

Entry 9 el Tel

Entry 10 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."

 

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3 hours left!

 

[el Tel]

Congrats to mk1ne very nice work!

 

[cannavo]

Ever so close to a first tiebreaker in this comp, let alone a 3 way tie!
At the post it's mk1ne who takes the W!
A wave of new talent sweeping the comps!

Who's next?

 

[mk1ne]

Thanks lads!
I reckon we should do the Fitzroy - St Kilda Merger next.
Looking forward to see what people dream up.