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On its recent earnings call, Papa John’s president and CEO, John Schnatter, made a bold statement: He directly blamed sluggish Papa John’s pizza sales on players who have protested the anthem by either kneeling or staying in the locker room.
“Now, to the NFL, the NFL is hurting, and more importantly by not resolving the current debacle to the player and owner’s satisfaction, NFL leadership has hurt Papa John’s shareholders,” Schnatter said at the time.
Now, Papa John’s is trying to undo the damage by taking to social media.
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