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The Papa John's guy is such a tremendous douche.

Posted by David (aka David) Nov 1 '17, 09:41

"Executives from Papa John's, the official pizza company of the NFL, expressed disappointment on a conference call Wednesday about the league's ongoing player protests during the national anthem.

"The NFL has hurt us," company founder and CEO John Schnatter said. "We are disappointed the NFL and its leadership did not resolve this."

Executives said the company has pulled much of its NFL television advertising and that the NFL has responded by giving the company additional future spots.

"Leadership starts at the top and this is an example of poor leadership," Schnatter said, noting he thought the issue had been "nipped in the bud" a year and a half ago.

In revising sales estimates for the next quarter, Papa John's president and chief operating officer Steve Ritchie said on the call that the NFL deal was the primary suspect behind the decline and that "we expect it to persist unless a solution is put in place."

Ritchie said that research has found that Papa John's has been the most recognized sponsor associated with the NFL for two years running, which he said means the company's performance can track with that of the league.

Papa John's has a deal with not only the NFL, but also with 23 individual teams.

Company executives declined to disclose exactly how much money in projected sales Papa John's lost from its association with the NFL and declining ratings, which mean fewer people are ordering their product for game days, they said."

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how much are ratings down? is it that significant? -- nm - amanda jones state university Nov 1, 09:54 6
- It's significant in the idea that the NFL has been bulletproof up till the last 2 years - Will Hunting Nov 1, 10:03 4
  - Putting it a different way: movie ticket sales are way down, and nobody is kneeling. - David Nov 1, 10:09 3
    - Awesome. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 1, 11:48
    - heh. -- nm - Diva Nov 1, 10:20
    - They need to play the national anthem beforehand, that’ll get people in the seats! -- nm - znufrii Nov 1, 10:16
- It depends on whether people understand ratings. In reality, the NFL is doing vastly better than most television programming. - David Nov 1, 09:57
He can't be that bad then, since Bono is also a douche -- nm - con_carne Nov 1, 09:49 5
- Yeah, that was the weirdest post of the week until someone attacked Starburst. -- nm - David Nov 1, 09:50 4
  - I'm not sure why it surprised you so much. Just google Bono douche. -- nm* - Inighost Nov 1, 10:08 1
    - Though half of that douchiness is really his glaucoma -- nm - Roger More Nov 1, 10:42
  - Next we will be hearing sexual harassment allegations about the Dalai Lama -- nm - con_carne Nov 1, 09:54 1
    - “He touched my breasts!” — Mother Theresa, probably -- nm - Qale Nov 1, 09:57
He has always been a total knob and the league should run back into the arms of Anheuser-Busch or anyone else. -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 09:45 1
- Now that InBev owns Korbach this would be great! -- nm - Qale Nov 1, 09:49
he is, but here is the thing.....NFL fines players for wearing the wrong color shoes,gloves, etc...... but lets them kneel during anthem????? - groiny Nov 1, 09:45 22
- I fail to see how the two are even remotely similar? -- nm - decline Nov 1, 09:49 12
  - guy wears pink shoes for cancer awareness, gets fined 10k. - groiny Nov 1, 09:53 5
    - he's not being fined for supporting cancer awareness, he's being fined for wearing a shoe that doesn't align with a financial contract the NFL has -- nm - decline Nov 1, 09:55 4
      - And the protester would not be fined for opposing injustice, he'd be fined for causing a distraction that affects NFL financial contracts... -- nm - Ender Nov 1, 10:22 2
        
        Because forcing people to participate in staged patriotic displays for commercial purposes is what America is all about! -- nm* - znufrii Nov 1, 10:43
        
        it's not as if people haven't criticized the NFL publicly for those other fines, it's just that they didn't care. -- nm - Reagen Nov 1, 10:25
      - Right. -- nm - David Nov 1, 09:58
  - The NFL has always tightly controlled their brand and image, except in this one area that’s actually negatively affecting that image... -- nm - IrishStephen Nov 1, 09:51 5
    - That's not about brand and image. It's about licensing contracts. -- nm - David Nov 1, 09:54
    - They have to keep up the fiction that displays of patriotism are purely voluntary. - znufrii Nov 1, 09:54
    - the NFL limits the clothing players wear because they have lucrative contracts with competing companies. Not because of political or social protest -- nm - decline Nov 1, 09:53 2
      - if the shoes are the same brand, but pink, they still get fined -- nm - groiny Nov 1, 09:55 1
        
        correct, because the licensing contract stipulates which of those branded shoes he can wear -- nm - decline Nov 1, 09:57
- Apples and cannonballs -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 09:47 8
  - is it really? - groiny Nov 1, 09:51 7
    - Uniform rules are one thing, see the word uniform. But the NFL this year loosened up on where and what you can do in the field of play:TD celebrations -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 10:04 6
      - and the anthem isn't even in the field of play. There is a lot more I can say on this, but I'm going to do a little work today. -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 10:07 5
        
        Zeke did not punch a woman on the field either. -- nm - groiny Nov 1, 10:33 3
        
        Illegal action -- which is the exact opposite of protesting the flag. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 1, 10:41 2
        
        not every suspension has someone getting charged with a crime. -- nm - groiny Nov 1, 10:42 1
        
        Nope, but all are accused of illegal actions. - Will Hunting Nov 1, 10:44
        
        aw, heck -- nm - mud Nov 1, 10:08
so...he is upset they lost money. - Pippy Pumpkin Nov 1, 09:44
If they had good pizza, why do they have to always give it away at discount? -- nm - Qale Nov 1, 09:44 1
- because it is not really cheap pizza, which is where I roll with Dominos instead of PJ -- nm - groiny Nov 1, 09:45

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