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U of L drops “Papa John’s” from Cardinal Stadium

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By Joseph Lyell —

Cardinal Stadium will lose “Papa John’s” from its name immediately, U of L President Neeli Bendapudi announced July 13.

The change comes two days after a Forbes report detailed John Schnatter using the N-word in a conference call with Papa John’s executives and a marketing agency. Schnatter resigned from U of L’s board of trustees hours after the report was published.

“Our community has been fractured by the comments made by former U of L trustee John Schnatter.