NFL dumps Papa John's and hooks up with Pizza Hut in new partnership

NFL dumps Papa John’s and hooks up with Pizza Hut in new partnership

By Chris De Luca

This handout photo provided by Pizza Hut. (AP Photo/Pizza Hut-HO)

Confirming that the folks in the NFL’s New York offices need to get out more often, the league has dumped Papa John’s and hooked up with Pizza Hut in picking its official pizza.

The new Pizza Hut partnership starts April 1, just in time for full-fledged sponsorship before the NFL draft April 26-28.

The new deal allows Pizza Hut to use NFL tickets and “unique fan experiences” for games in its marketing plans.

NFL names Pizza Hut as its new official pizza sponsor: https://t.co/INVDaFFuLG pic.twitter.com/Y2udf0EFzb
— NFL (@NFL) February 28, 2018

Papa John’s stock began to dive — reportedly losing about one-third of its value since June — prompting founder and former CEO John Schnatter (the guy in all those commercials) to blame NFL protests.

That didn’t sit well with the folks in the NFL offices, who have signed a multiyear deal with Pizza Hut.

It’s clear the NFL has a real pizza problem.

#NFL is dumping Papa John's for Pizza Hut. Gotta wonder why the NFL has such bad taste in pizza. So whose pizza is worse?
— Chris De Luca (@ChrisDeLuca) February 28, 2018

Next Up In News

Netflix looks to curb password sharing, considers ads

Aiming to predict COVID, future pandemics better, CDC opens infectious diseases forecasting center

Joliet farmers wrangle cows thrown from semitrailer after crash on Interstate 80

1 killed, 3 wounded in shootings Tuesday in Chicago

Obama relatives sue Milwaukee school alleging racial bias

Unmasked transit: Pritzker ends mask mandates in public transportation, airports