{"id":65289,"date":"2021-04-30T05:34:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T05:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=65289"},"modified":"2021-04-30T07:58:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T07:58:31","slug":"port-threatens-legal-action-over-prison-bars-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=65289","title":{"rendered":"Port threatens legal action over prison bars call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Port Adelaide CEO Matthew Richardson says his club hasn&#x27;t ruled out taking legal action after the AFL rejected the Power&#x27;s request to wear its controversial prison-bar guernsey.<\/p>\n<p>The Power have been at loggerheads with the Collingwood Magpies over the use of the iconic prison-bar jumper, in which the AFL this week dismissed <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/david-koch-rips-afl-over-prison-bar-jersey-wait-port-adelaide-collingwood\/1fdde242-4de8-4782-ba1a-51149649adfe\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Port Adelaide&#x27;s desperate pleas to wear their iconic black-and-white, striped &#x27;prison bars&#x27; guernsey\">Port Adelaide&#x27;s desperate pleas to wear their black-and-white striped guernsey<\/a> in next week&#x27;s Showdown with the Adelaide Crows.<\/p>\n<p>The war between the two clubs has also seen a bitter feud unfold between former Collingwood boss Eddie McGuire and current Power chairman David Koch.<\/p>\n<p>Koch said he was left &quot;absolutely ropeable&quot; earlier in the week when <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/eddie-mcguire-returns-serve-at-david-koch-after-afl-prison-bar-ruling\/0ecd892c-398d-41ed-bff5-062ed4a93a2b\" title=\"McGuire appeared to state that he signed an agreement in 2007 for the Power to wear the heritage jersey during the AFL&#x27;s heritage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">McGuire appeared to state that he signed an agreement in 2007 for the Power to wear the heritage jersey during the AFL&#x27;s Heritage<\/a> Round while knowing that the Heritage Round would be discarded.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"ee7f3d35-23c1-40ef-b69e-69caed70c5ca\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/ee7f3d35-23c1-40ef-b69e-69caed70c5ca\" alt=\"The Port Adelaide prison bars guernsey.\" data-width=\"1161\" data-height=\"653\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following the club&#x27;s ongoing battle with Collingwood and the AFL, Richardson said &quot;we&#x27;d have to take that back in&quot; when asked if legal action was a possibility during a press conference today.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The most important thing for us really is we&#x27;ve got a game to play against Brisbane this weekend, that&#x27;ll be our focus then we&#x27;ll get to the week after,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;But we&#x27;ll certainly regroup and work out where to (from) here.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;As we&#x27;ve said all along, the issue is not going to go away.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s an issue that&#x27;s too important for our club and our people.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#x27;ll continue to have our conversations with the AFL we need to have in order to find a solution.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"384a9c18-d3e6-4fe0-a39b-06bd9fa8fc6e\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/384a9c18-d3e6-4fe0-a39b-06bd9fa8fc6e\" alt=\"Port Adelaide CEO Matthew Richardson \" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Power CEO said the AFL&#x27;s decision not to allow the club to wear its desired guernsey is an issue that will be ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#x27;re extremely disappointed with the decision. We&#x27;re disappointed for the club, but more importantly we&#x27;re really disappointed for our fans,&quot; Richardson said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;This decision is not just about Port Adelaide, it&#x27;s actually about the passion and connection that all fans have for their clubs and we&#x27;re extremely disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s an issue that is too important for our club and our people so it&#x27;s not going to go away.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Port Adelaide CEO Matthew Richardson says his club hasn&#x27;t ruled out taking legal action after the AFL rejected the Power&#x27;s request to wear its controversial <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=65289\" title=\"Port threatens legal action over prison bars call\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65289"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65289"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65291,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65289\/revisions\/65291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}