Remember when Papa John's CEO John Schnatter said the company was pulling its NFL advertising after unleashing on Commissioner Roger Goodell during the company’s earnings call?
Yeah, turns out that may have been bullshit.
In a singificant escalation in the ongoing NFL feud, which one month ago was pushed into overdrive following Trump's slamming of "anthem kneelers", and which now threatens to set players against team owners, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Houston Texans owner Bob McNair will be deposed and asked to turn over all cellphone records and emails in relation to the Colin Kaepernick collusion case against the NFL, ESPN's Adam Schefter reports quoting a league source.
Having unleashed on NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell during the Papa John's earnings call this morning...
“The NFL has hurt us by not resolving the current debacle to the players’ and owners’ satisfaction,” Schnatter, who serves as the pizza chain’s chairman and chief executive officer, said on a conference call. “NFL leadership has hurt Papa John’s shareholders.”
“Leadership starts at the top, and this is an example of poor leadership,” Schnatter said.
The ongoing NFL "kneeling" protests are starting to have a major impact on downstream businesses, and none more so than Papa John's pizza. Earlier this week, the Sports Business Journal reported that Papa John's in-game pizza sales have fallen since President Donald Trump encouraged people to boycott the NFL in late September.
Authored by Curtis Hill, Atorney General of Indiana, via The Daily Caller,
The right to protest doesn’t necessarily mean that the protest is right.
While the NFL kneeling saga continues, it is becoming less clear what the kneeling is about.
When it began last season, the kneeling was a protest against alleged police brutality and the incidence of blacks killed by police.