# Papa John's Blames NFL Controversy for Poor Sales. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papa-johns-blames-nfl-controversy-for-poor-sales/800430 "2017-11-01T20:10:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papa-johns-blames-nfl-controversy-for-poor-sales/800430/121 "2017-11-15T21:36:05Z")
I used to eat Papa John’s a lot and for years missed not having a branch anywhere near me, but they can kiss my ass these days. That little prick decided to get politically active back in 2011/12 when he and that guy from Whole Foods protested Obamacare. It was pretty obvious they didn’t care for Obama’s reelection campaign either and claimed that they would have no choice but to cut benefits or cut hours, even going to the point of sending dire warnings to their employees about what would happen. He opened his mouth again and made his biases clear enough. Well now people are calling him out on it and they’re probably going to start eating elsewhere when they want pizza. He made that bed. He can sleep in it. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papa-johns-blames-nfl-controversy-for-poor-sales/800430/122 "2017-12-22T17:23:59Z")
Looks like catering to white supremacist assholes might not be the best choice for your career: > **[Papa John’s founder will step down as CEO after criticizing national anthem...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/12/21/papa-johns-founder-replaced-as-ceo-weeks-after-blaming-the-nfl-for-sagging-pizza-sales/?utm_term=.81e8f58cbe72)** > > Schnatter will step down as CEO of Papa John's in January, weeks after criticizing NFL Good riddance, ya piece of shit. Still not going to buy the lukewarm garbage they sell in pizza shaped boxes. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papa-johns-blames-nfl-controversy-for-poor-sales/800430/123 "2017-12-22T17:53:07Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Looks like catering to white supremacist assholes might not be the best choice for your career: > > [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/12/21/papa-johns-founder-replaced-as-ceo-weeks-after-blaming-the-nfl-for-sagging-pizza-sales/?utm\_term=.81e8f58cbe72](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/12/21/papa-johns-founder-replaced-as-ceo-weeks-after-blaming-the-nfl-for-sagging-pizza-sales/?utm_term=.81e8f58cbe72) > > Good riddance, ya piece of shit. Still not going to buy the lukewarm garbage they sell in pizza shaped boxes. He’s not really going away, just out of the spotlight. > [@](#): > > Schnatter, 56, is still the company’s largest shareholder and will continue to serve as chairman of the board I do feel a bit sorry for franchisees though, Schnatter didn’t really represent the views of the people who have invested in his company that are now feeling the damage from his remarks. Of course, they did know that they were signing up to sell some pretty shitty pizza, so my condolences are limited. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papa-johns-blames-nfl-controversy-for-poor-sales/800430/124 "2017-12-22T17:56:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Can we talk about the founder of Little Caesar’s? > For years, he paid Rosa Parks’s rent because she couldn’t. > [http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/us/mike-ilitch-rosa-parks-trnd/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/us/mike-ilitch-rosa-parks-trnd/index.html) I liked that they sent a mobile kitchen and fed the guys lunch at the soup kitchen I worked at years ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papa-johns-blames-nfl-controversy-for-poor-sales/800430.md?page=6)