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Papa John's is blaming the NFL for hitting its bottom line.
The pizza company, an official sponsor of the league, sliced its sales and profit forecasts on Tuesday. And Papa John's founder and CEO John Schnatter wasn't shy about who he thinks is to blame: Commissioner Roger Goodell.
"Leadership starts at the top, and this is an example of poor leadership," Schnatter said on a conference call with investors Wednesday. "The NFL has hurt Papa John's shareholders."
NFL ratings, like the rest of network television, are in a slump. Through Week 7, NFL viewership is down 5% overall from the same point last year.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/01/media/nfl-papa-johns-protests/index.html
Alternate theory- the pizza sucks
Coventina
(27,172 posts)That guy is nothing but a ball of hate.
Neema
(1,151 posts)boycotting him. But I laugh all the same.
Coventina
(27,172 posts)I think the only Papa John's pizza I've ever had has been when it's been served at work for some reason.
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)hlthe2b
(102,358 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)Or crappy pizza
Initech
(100,102 posts)With a private golf course.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)We said, "Deal!"
He said, "No wait a second..."
So yeah, fuck him.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)They love politicians who destroy working people.
They must.
Watchfoxheadexplodes
(3,496 posts)Sauce to damn sweet.
maveric
(16,445 posts)Hate his shitty pies.
hatrack
(59,592 posts)The NFL Protest Theory, or the Your Pizza Blows Goats Theory.
My money's on #2.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)The last time I ordered a Papa John's pizza there was so few toppings (sausage and pepperoni) I thought they forgot to put them on.
I finally found a few shreds.
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)and not provide for the basic needs of their employees is a complete arsehole.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)brush
(53,852 posts)If his sales are off and his "shareholders are suffering" it's because a-holeness, obvious racism towards O, and his bad pizza.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,337 posts)spanone
(135,873 posts)HAB911
(8,914 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)...and maybe your act is wearing just a tad too thin. Just a thought.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)How about any discussion at all explaining the reason why NFL players are protesting.
Seriously, people are dying on a near routine basis and Papa John, who has always been a massive jerk (Google his past statements on Obamacare) thinks we should be worried about sales figures? And by the way, his pizza is trash.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)JanetLovesObama
(548 posts)I almost died after eating that filthy garbage. Not once but twice.
ProfessorPlum
(11,276 posts)after your first near death experience.
but, agree, it is bad pizza
Iggo
(47,565 posts)Blue_Adept
(6,402 posts)I know lots of people hate it (hell, lots of people hate lots of thing, including a number of things I like) but I liked their pizza, they ran some great coupon deals, and the local franchise was fantastic in good delivery times and piping hot pizza.
But y'all can't get my money if you close down the store.
procon
(15,805 posts)nothing mentioned about the NFL. Looks like another lying liar to me.
zeusdogmom
(998 posts)night at a Halloween party. Pretty much lacking flavor. There are so many really good tasting pizzas available these days - both chain and indies. No excuse for anyone to buy the Papa John s***. But I wasn't hosting so I had no say in the matter.
Hopefully Papa John's lousy reputation is beginning to catch up with him.
FWIW - lots of pizza left over, not much of anything else. I took a couple of pieces home for Zeus Dog. Please, no one turn me in for animal abuse. He ate one piece and left the other. Keep in mind he is a Labrador retriever. They eat any and everything!
edited for typo
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)No quarter for assholes who think Pre-existing condition allowance is an inconvenience to his profit margin.
GoCubsGo
(32,088 posts)Their "pizza", if that's what you want to call it, sucks.
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)I thought it was about free markets, John boy.
matt819
(10,749 posts)BlueJac
(7,838 posts)besides, the phony fuck makes me sick too!
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meow2u3
(24,772 posts)It's the crap that tries to pass for pizza! I wouldn't touch those sauce-coated frisbees if it were the last food on earth. And he's blaming NFL protests for his pizza shit?
You want real pizza? Go to your mom-and-pop pizzerias!
elias7
(4,026 posts)"This is an example of poor leadership". I wonder what he thinks good leadership would look like...
Botany
(70,581 posts)1) The pizza sucks
b) The owner is an asshole
iii) Too many Payton Manning commercials
******
Besides i have some wonderful local pizza place to go to.
https://www.dantespizzainc.com/reviews
iscooterliberally
(2,863 posts)iscooterliberally
(2,863 posts)oh wait....
http://www.insideedition.com/former-athletic-trainer-speaks-out-about-alleged-sexual-assault-peyton-manning-i-was-scared-i-was
The pizza sucks and the pizza leadership sucks too.
haele
(12,676 posts)I'd rather have any of the three - heck, I'd rather have Chuck E Cheez's Pizza before I get Papa John's.
What really frosts me is there was a Pappa John's pizzeria in Seattle that was terrific - and they sponsored the boy's Soccer team my dad coached for my brother. The Pappa John Pirahnas. I mix the two up sometimes in my old age, hoping Pappa John's went national like Red Robin did.
Haele
2Legit
(90 posts)Next Jimmy Johns.
bagelsforbreakfast
(1,427 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)our CEO did a video conference recently, and brought this very subject up!
He said that he was receiving e-mails that roughly ran 50/50 regarding feelings toward the protesting players, so he stated that there are no changes in the works regarding the current levels of sponsorship and promotion associated with the NFL.
Couldn't agree more regarding Papa John's - our business is NOT suffering, so maybe Pizza Boy needs to look at the product going out his door!
Blue Owl
(50,494 posts)Kleveland
(1,257 posts)I knew he was a dick.
Has commercials on NFL giving away millions in pizza, and he can't pay a decent wage?
Fuck him and his tasteless pizza.
We steer all of our friends, and anyone we meet away from that cardboard crap.
Better Idiots, better who-needs-ya', Papa Schwantz!!
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)/sarcasm
This is utterly preposterous. Leaves my mouth open. The ultimate in blame-shifting and scapegoating, AFAIC.
"Leadership starts at the top, and this is an example of poor leadership,"
And since when did Goodall become the "leader" of Papa John's?
I'm gonna need some time to pry my jaw up off the floor.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)You pass off as pizza
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)Last one I had sucked, so I don't patronize your joint any more.
Don't blame the NFL. Blame your crappy product.
Thanks for your attention.
onenote
(42,759 posts)Papa John's quarterly results cover the period July1 through September 30.
So exactly one Sunday of football (and two midweek games) occurred after the controversy blew up.
Methinks Papa John's is trying to make excuses for a sales drop that probably started long before the football season.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)I like their pizza (my admittedly simple palette doesn't often take cues from my bias), but the prices are much higher than the small shop around the corner I frequent-- bigger pizzas, more olives and pepperoni, and the Most Attractive Woman in the World as my usual delivery driver.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)Hurt him more than 5%, we will.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)I haven't had one since Romney. He is also a big game hunter, into killing beautiful animals. Two reasons not to spend money there. I think those things have more to do with his drop in sales than the NFL. It is just a way for him to suck up to his right wing buddies.
unblock
(52,317 posts)time people eat pizza!
and when people eat pizza, how many really say, oh wait, we have to eat "the official sponsor of the nfl" pizza??
ok, i get that their advertising is reaching slightly fewer people, but c'mon, really?
lunasun
(21,646 posts)underpants
(182,878 posts)Peyton. Clutch.
FloridaBlues
(4,008 posts)Thrill
(19,178 posts)maveric
(16,445 posts)Didn't he come out with a "should be happy they have a job" reference a couple of years back?
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)DashOneBravo
(2,679 posts)Of the owner when it's delivered. You get like six different photos of him. Only the garlic butter container didn't have one. Lol
XRubicon
(2,212 posts)jalan48
(13,883 posts)irisblue
(33,023 posts)For those poor people who don't know what in house sausage & pepperoni taste like.
You can thank me later.