Posted on 07/14/2018 3:36:23 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
A week that began with reports that Papa John’s founder Papa “John” Schnatter somehow worked an overt hard-r racial slur into a conference call with a marketing company is ending with the removal of Schnatter’s name from virtually everything on which it had previously been emblazoned. There are only so many of these left at this point, but the University of Louisville announced on Friday that it would begin the work of prying Papa’s brand off their football stadium and, uh, The John H. Schnatter Center for Free Enterprise at the Louisville College of Business. He had already withdrawn from the school’s board of trustees on Wednesday, and had stepped down from the school’s Athletic Association back in April.
After Wednesday’s rash of slur-driven disassociations—MLB’s “Papa Slam” promotion and Schnatter’s status as his own company’s chairman of the board were...
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NO - 56%!!!
And why is KFC getting a pass if this kind of language is now deserving of being banished?"
Exactly! Colonel Sanders used the n-word like breathing air. IF newspapermen or Amish were around, he'd say "Negros" - or he'd forget and say n-word.
And yet he has a Museum. Statues. The cornerstone of the Yum Center which is right down the street from Papa Johns Stadium!
Schnatter's lawsuits against Laundry Service, the University of Louisville, and Papa Johns Pizza. But they won't be missing for long...
Yep, I told the university to forget it when they called about renewing season tickets.
Won’t be much of a game with Alabama. Nick Saban will have his third team offense out there by halftime.
I’m sorry about the controversy at the University of Louisville. I applaud you for standing up for what is right.
I hope you are right about the game. We had many injuries during Spring Practice.
A runaway game will be better on my nerves:)
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