(07-12-2018 06:57 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  Total lunacy imo. According to the article, the man was using the word as an example, not making a racial attack.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/papa-johns-founder-john-schnatter-resigns-as-chairman-of-companys-board-after-apologizing-for-racial-slur/ar-AAzW6Kd?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Schnatter's conference call in May came to light after Forbes magazine detailed the incident in an article on Wednesday. The report said Schnatter was on a call with marketing agency Laundry Service when he tried to downplay comments he made about the National Football League and allegedly said, “Colonel Sanders called blacks n-----s."

Schnatter complained that the KFC founder never faced public backlash. The call was a role-playing exercise for Schnatter to prevent future public relations fumbles.

(07-12-2018 08:13 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 06:57 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  Total lunacy imo. According to the article, the man was using the word as an example, not making a racial attack.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/papa-johns-founder-john-schnatter-resigns-as-chairman-of-companys-board-after-apologizing-for-racial-slur/ar-AAzW6Kd?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Schnatter's conference call in May came to light after Forbes magazine detailed the incident in an article on Wednesday. The report said Schnatter was on a call with marketing agency Laundry Service when he tried to downplay comments he made about the National Football League and allegedly said, “Colonel Sanders called blacks n-----s."

Schnatter complained that the KFC founder never faced public backlash. The call was a role-playing exercise for Schnatter to prevent future public relations fumbles.

The bold part jumps out to me. I mean, whoever this Schnatter person is was offended because OTHER people weren't offended. WTF is that all about?

(07-12-2018 08:47 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 08:13 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 06:57 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  Total lunacy imo. According to the article, the man was using the word as an example, not making a racial attack.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/papa-johns-founder-john-schnatter-resigns-as-chairman-of-companys-board-after-apologizing-for-racial-slur/ar-AAzW6Kd?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Schnatter's conference call in May came to light after Forbes magazine detailed the incident in an article on Wednesday. The report said Schnatter was on a call with marketing agency Laundry Service when he tried to downplay comments he made about the National Football League and allegedly said, “Colonel Sanders called blacks n-----s."

Schnatter complained that the KFC founder never faced public backlash. The call was a role-playing exercise for Schnatter to prevent future public relations fumbles.

The bold part jumps out to me. I mean, whoever this Schnatter person is was offended because OTHER people weren't offended. WTF is that all about?

He is the goofy guy in all their commercials.

I can understand him getting heat and taking a leave or something, but having to resign seems crazy to me.

Maybe there is more going on than the article mentioned?

(07-12-2018 08:13 AM)VA49er Wrote:  The bold part jumps out to me. I mean, whoever this Schnatter person is was offended because OTHER people weren't offended. WTF is that all about?

(07-12-2018 08:52 AM)BadgerMJ Wrote:  Papa John's founder John Schnatter has resigned as chairman of his company's board after admitting and apologizing for using the N-word during a May conference call.

Guess that means every "rapper", minister, or talking head who "used it" needs to resign as well.

(07-12-2018 08:49 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 08:47 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 08:13 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 06:57 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  Total lunacy imo. According to the article, the man was using the word as an example, not making a racial attack.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/papa-johns-founder-john-schnatter-resigns-as-chairman-of-companys-board-after-apologizing-for-racial-slur/ar-AAzW6Kd?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Schnatter's conference call in May came to light after Forbes magazine detailed the incident in an article on Wednesday. The report said Schnatter was on a call with marketing agency Laundry Service when he tried to downplay comments he made about the National Football League and allegedly said, “Colonel Sanders called blacks n-----s."

Schnatter complained that the KFC founder never faced public backlash. The call was a role-playing exercise for Schnatter to prevent future public relations fumbles.

The bold part jumps out to me. I mean, whoever this Schnatter person is was offended because OTHER people weren't offended. WTF is that all about?

He is the goofy guy in all their commercials.

I can understand him getting heat and taking a leave or something, but having to resign seems crazy to me.

Maybe there is more going on than the article mentioned?

yea, he blamed the NFL for his sagging pizza sales that is why he was doing this exercise with a PR firm in the first place!

(07-12-2018 08:52 AM)BadgerMJ Wrote:  Papa John's founder John Schnatter has resigned as chairman of his company's board after admitting and apologizing for using the N-word during a May conference call.

Guess that means every "rapper", minister, or talking head who "used it" needs to resign as well.

(07-12-2018 09:17 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 08:49 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 08:47 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 08:13 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 06:57 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  Total lunacy imo. According to the article, the man was using the word as an example, not making a racial attack.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/papa-johns-founder-john-schnatter-resigns-as-chairman-of-companys-board-after-apologizing-for-racial-slur/ar-AAzW6Kd?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Schnatter's conference call in May came to light after Forbes magazine detailed the incident in an article on Wednesday. The report said Schnatter was on a call with marketing agency Laundry Service when he tried to downplay comments he made about the National Football League and allegedly said, “Colonel Sanders called blacks n-----s."

Schnatter complained that the KFC founder never faced public backlash. The call was a role-playing exercise for Schnatter to prevent future public relations fumbles.

The bold part jumps out to me. I mean, whoever this Schnatter person is was offended because OTHER people weren't offended. WTF is that all about?

He is the goofy guy in all their commercials.

I can understand him getting heat and taking a leave or something, but having to resign seems crazy to me.

Maybe there is more going on than the article mentioned?

yea, he blamed the NFL for his sagging pizza sales that is why he was doing this exercise with a PR firm in the first place!

He wasnt incorrect about his assessment.

The problem is, when you hitch your horse to an entity that is suddenly doing stupid sh*t, you sever ties quietly with said entity and move on. If you call them out, you piss off a quarter of the people who were on the "kneelers" side.

(07-12-2018 09:25 AM)usmbacker Wrote:  Schnatter's net worth is reported to be $900 million. I have a feeling he will survive this.

(07-12-2018 09:07 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 08:52 AM)BadgerMJ Wrote:  Papa John's founder John Schnatter has resigned as chairman of his company's board after admitting and apologizing for using the N-word during a May conference call.

Guess that means every "rapper", minister, or talking head who "used it" needs to resign as well.

If their board of directors wants them to, they will.

(07-12-2018 08:49 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 08:47 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 08:13 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(07-12-2018 06:57 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  Total lunacy imo. According to the article, the man was using the word as an example, not making a racial attack.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/papa-johns-founder-john-schnatter-resigns-as-chairman-of-companys-board-after-apologizing-for-racial-slur/ar-AAzW6Kd?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Schnatter's conference call in May came to light after Forbes magazine detailed the incident in an article on Wednesday. The report said Schnatter was on a call with marketing agency Laundry Service when he tried to downplay comments he made about the National Football League and allegedly said, “Colonel Sanders called blacks n-----s."

Schnatter complained that the KFC founder never faced public backlash. The call was a role-playing exercise for Schnatter to prevent future public relations fumbles.

The bold part jumps out to me. I mean, whoever this Schnatter person is was offended because OTHER people weren't offended. WTF is that all about?

He is the goofy guy in all their commercials.

I can understand him getting heat and taking a leave or something, but having to resign seems crazy to me.

Maybe there is more going on than the article mentioned?

yea, he blamed the NFL for his sagging pizza sales that is why he was doing this exercise with a PR firm in the first place!

(07-12-2018 09:34 AM)banker Wrote:  This guy started out making pizzas in a bar in Jeffersonville, IN and turned it in to a multi billion dollar business by the time he was in his 30s. His net worth is around $900,000,000, he'll be fine.


What I'm curious about is how did this info about the conference call even make it into the public realm? If I was on that call receiving advice from a consultant I would assume that meeting was a confidential, internal meeting.