Papa John kicked out of office.

[jimsch]

Just more drama for the movement to feed on.

[KYSkipper]

Let's see. First Looserville signs a contract with Pitino then fires him and possibly owes him dang close to 50 Million $$.

Then they kick Papa Johns out of the stadium he paid for 6 years before the deal is over and we, the tax payer, will probably end up paying again.

Looserville is making some poor business decisions that are costing the taxpayer money with no repercussions on those making these deals.

[Axkiker]

Let's see. First Looserville signs a contract with Pitino then fires him and possibly owes him dang close to 50 Million $$.

Then they kick Papa Johns out of the stadium he paid for 6 years before the deal is over and we, the tax payer, will probably end up paying again.

Looserville is making some poor business decisions that are costing the taxpayer money with no repercussions on those making these deals.

How are you apart of any repayment. Do you not live in TN ?

In regards to kicking papa out of the stadium what where they supposed to do ??

[artcarney_agr]

How are you apart of any repayment. Do you not live in TN ?

In regards to kicking papa out of the stadium what where they supposed to do ??

Don't bother, you might as well be talking to a rock.....

[badbaggerHD]

Let me get this straight. He repeats a word that has been said by several entertainers, etc... and the context he said it in wasn’t racist unless you just believes racism hides behind every corner, and for logical thinking people we know that not to be the case. And now he is bottled from his co. The business act by his coworkers and share holders are simply trying to save face and keep business (I understand that). The word only has power if you give it power. I’ve been called a cracker and a honky and it didn’t hurt because I didn’t allow it. Last time I checked it’s a word and not illegal to use, however I won’t use it unless it’s in a movie or rap song. Not cause I am scared but because I don’t have a need for the word.

[KYSkipper]

How are you apart of any repayment. Do you not live in TN ?

In regards to kicking papa out of the stadium what where they supposed to do ??

Nope. Kentucky.

[smalljawguy]

No it paints him to be as stupid as he looks in his commercials. In a teleconference you don't know exactly who's in the room and listening. Using that word in any context in that situation is dumb for anyone, and entirely brain dead for a guy trying to repair his PR. In that exact situation had he said someone else had used the c-word (using the actual word) he would know full well that even though he wasn't calling any female that word, it's use would garner harsh backlash. The n-word is the same kind of kryptonite.

Um...ahem...I believe that is what I said. He was stupid.

[hugo_stiglitz]

Um...ahem...I believe that is what I said. He was stupid.

I was just agreeing with you that it doesn't necessarily paint him as a racist.

[smalljawguy]

I was just agreeing with you that it doesn't necessarily paint him as a racist.

Gotcha. We are in total agreement on this one.

[Axkiker]

Don't bother, you might as well be talking to a rock.....

LOL fair enough.

[KYSkipper]

Don't bother, you might as well be talking to a rock.....

Really?

Louisville spent 500 Million on the Chicken Center to satisfy Rick. That's $170 or so for every man woman and child in Kentucky. The Chicken Center is a hole sucking money that will never ever be satisfied. It can not pay it's basic expenses let alone make money. We are all paying for it.

Then there's the 50 Million Louisville probably owes Rick. Wanna bet we won't pick that tab up?

Now to this naming rights. Papa Johns paid for the stadium naming rights through 2024. I'm not sure what that costs, but I'm darn sure if Louisville cancels the contract before it's conclusion, it will owe Papa Johns money. Being that Louisville is a public tax money supported school as is the stadium, I bet we get put on the hook for more money.

Like me or not, figures and facts do not lie. Only the politicians who get us, the taxpayers, into these messes.

[Ky-triton]

Nope. Kentucky.

All I know is that if I lived in Kentucky I sure wouldn’t want my profile to state that I lived in Tennessee...

[artcarney_agr]

Really?

Louisville spent 500 Million on the Chicken Center to satisfy Rick. That's $170 or so for every man woman and child in Kentucky. The Chicken Center is a hole sucking money that will never ever be satisfied. It can not pay it's basic expenses let alone make money. We are all paying for it.

Then there's the 50 Million Louisville probably owes Rick. Wanna bet we won't pick that tab up?

Now to this naming rights. Papa Johns paid for the stadium naming rights through 2024. I'm not sure what that costs, but I'm darn sure if Louisville cancels the contract before it's conclusion, it will owe Papa Johns money. Being that Louisville is a public tax money supported school as is the stadium, I bet we get put on the hook for more money.

Like me or not, figures and facts do not lie. Only the politicians who get us, the taxpayers, into these messes.

........and it continues.......

[Axkiker]

All I know is that if I lived in Kentucky I sure wouldn’t want my profile to state that I lived in Tennessee...

lol

[TRCM]

His comment was so far from a racist comment that you couldn't see it with the hubble telescope, but in todays environment people are looking for people to crucify.

From what I've seen printed
The phone call in which Schnatter used the n-word was with marketing agency Laundry Service, on a conference call intended to help the company avoid any future PR blunders over race. But on that call, when discussing his previous comments on the NFL, Schnatter commented that Colonal Sanders had never faced a backlash and had said far worse than he did.“Colonel Sanders called blacks [n-word],” he said.

Stupid for using the real word instead of just saying “n-word”, but stupid and racist are different. Had a white dude get beat up at a concert recently for singing along with singer and the crowd. Lyrics used the real word. Attendees didn’t think he had the right to sing along using that word. It’s hypocritical and many don’t understand or agree, but it is what it is and when you are in his position, you have to play by everybody’s rules.

Same could be said for about 90% of the 'racist' stuff that's going on in the country here lately..........................

[1781ccT]

I guess I put too much stock in the George Carlin Seven Dirty Words bit he did decades ago. Words hurt, I get that. But words quoted from another utterer? I just don't see how those words hurt, unless you're quoting them in affirmation or in support of them.

Mr Papa was not saying those were his words. He was saying "somebody said something a BUNCH WORSE than I did".

[hugo_stiglitz]

I guess I put too much stock in the George Carlin Seven Dirty Words bit he did decades ago. Words hurt, I get that. But words quoted from another utterer? I just don't see how those words hurt, unless you're quoting them in affirmation or in support of them.

Mr Papa was not saying those were his words. He was saying "somebody said something a BUNCH WORSE than I did".

Col Sanders died in 1980. There were a lot of racial slurs used prior to that time that didn't get a white man in trouble. It was anachronistic and quite unnecessary, both of those make the use offensive. Had he quoted someone getting away with it contemporarily he might have a half an excuse, but....

[KYSkipper]

........and it continues.......

You self righteous a$$. What did I say that wasn't Fact? The fact that they fired a billionaire from a company that he owns 75% of the shares there of did very little to him other that piss him off. What it did do is cost a bunch of other people that aren't Billionaires or Millionaires or Thousandaires Money.

It will cost more for tuition and or taxes to pay for this additional mess the University of Louisville has the taxpayers in. That's fact. Taking the sign down and changing the name of the stadium puts the school and thereby the taxpayers in violation of the contract meaning they have to pay restitution to someone.

I have a friend who owns a Papa Johns franchise. He's got his retirement funds and child's college fund invested in it. While Papa John is walking away with near a billion dollars and a steady income from his stock and BTW: Still owning controlling interest in the company, my buddy is shaking in his boots for his investment.

How many people have retirement funds invested in stock in this company that can't afford to lose $10,000 just lost it because the stock tanks because of this storm?

The popular opinion is to Crucify Papa John upside down on the Gene Snyder Parkway. Problem is a guy who's 50 something years old with a billion dollars in his bank account can't really be injured too bad. It's the little people that get skinned on things like this. Some kid or kid's parents pay another $500 in tuition because of these decisions. They pay another $100 a month in rent for an apartment because property tax went up to fund the Chicken Center's shortfalls. Yet you say I am somehow insane, don't know what I'm talking about and my opinion doesn't matter.

[wildturkey]

Well this is headed to be closed. We do not need name calling, that closes threads.

[KYSkipper]

Well this is headed to be closed. We do not need name calling, that closes threads.

I did not start it. I'd had enough of the self righteous attitude.