Marlins have no time for Papa John being a racist

The Miami Marlins are leading the charge against Papa John’s after racist comments made by its owner.

Papa John’s is in damage control mode after it was revealed that owner and CEO John Schnatter, the Papa John himself, made a racist comment in a board meeting. The levels of baffling stupidity it takes for a person to be A) openly racist and B) openly racist in a professional setting is astounding.

Should we have expected better from man who called himself Papa? Or someone who openly railed against NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem? The revelation that Schnatter used a racial slur (you can guess which one) certainly explains a lot of his social leanings displayed over the last year.

While some are easing away from Schnatter, the Miami Marlins are taking a hardline stance against everything he stands for. After the comments were made public, the Marlins wasted no time at all for the Marlins to sever ties with Schnatter and his pizza chain.

The Marlins, like most professional sports teams, have a partnership with Papa John’s that gives various discounts on pizza the day after a game. The  discount depends on certain outcomes, such as X amount of percent off a pizza if Y thing happens.

There’s no more mystery as to what will happen at Papa John’s after a Marlins game anymore; nothing will happen.

Miami deserves a kudos on this one. It’s been fairly easy to harp on the team for any number of reasons based around the direction the front office is going. From trading Giancarlo Stanton for spare parts to the combativeness with which Derek Jeter is representing the franchise with, it’s been a rough go.

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This is a reminder that even the dopiest of franchises can see the difference between morally right and wrong. Hopefully more franchises follow suit as we continue with the struggle of eradicating terrible people from prominent positions in the world.