Papa John's apologizes for Lebron crybaby shirt

[Kamd50]

Papa John's apologizes

CLEVELAND Papa John's Pizza issued an apology to Cleveland and the Cavaliers for making T-shirts with LeBron James' number and the word "crybaby" under it.

To apologize, Papa John's will sell Cleveland residents a large, one-topping pizza for 23 cents on Thursday. The 23 is an homage to James' jersey number. The company also will donate $10,000 to the Cavaliers Youth Fund.

The pizza chain's T-shirts were featured during the Cavs' games against the Wizards on Friday in Washington. Wizards fans taunted the Cavs, who won the playoff series that night in Game 6.

The shirts started after James complained about hard fouls, and Wizards center Brendan Haywood called him a crybaby.

Man, I'll tell you who is going to be crying! The employees at that pizza shop!LOL

[tigergirl]

Papa Johns pizza is disgusting. :puke:

[caseybaby]

that pizza is a waste of 23 cents

:drinkem:

[MUCSteelers5xSuperChamp]

tigergirl,

I disagree with you. Their pizza is one of my favorites. But it shows the class they have in apologizing to LeBron James for their crybaby shirts they made.

Anyway, I hope Washington enjoys their summer vacation.

Kamd50,

Brendan Todd Haywood is doing some real crying after his blatant disrespect of James. If I were in Cleveland right now, I'd order two cheese pizzas!! You once told me to do this...now it's Mr. Haywood's turn to do this: "Come on!"

[DAWGH8R]

They should make a WIZZERS crybaby shirt !! Those biatches have been cryning this time of the year , for the last 4 years, at the hands of the CAVS !!

So who's the CRYBABY now ???

[MUCSteelers5xSuperChamp]

DAWGH8R,

Who is DeShawn Stevenson's daddy? LEBRON JAMES! By the way, it's the third year in a row Washington has been eliminated. LeBron is just better than the Wizards.

[pigskinmccarthy]

Im gonna order a pizza from my local papa Johns and complain because im a cavs fan i deserve a 23 cent pizza. I bet you all I get that pizza too hahaha.

[TigerCoach]

Im gonna order a pizza from my local papa Johns and complain because im a cavs fan i deserve a 23 cent pizza. I bet you all I get that pizza too hahaha.

I'm going to try it also on Thursday. We're in the Cleveland market for the Cavs!

[Mass6]

DAWGH8R,

Who is DeShawn Stevenson's daddy? LEBRON JAMES! By the way, it's the third year in a row Washington has been eliminated. LeBron is just better than the Wizards.

Plus this it the third straight time Washington has been eliminated by Cleveland on their own home court. It's always better to beat a team and send them packing in Their House!!!!

[howard roark]

I agree, wouldnt waste my tiem to order, let alone my spare change.

You gotta slop that butter on it just to get it down...:eek:

[MUCSteelers5xSuperChamp]

Plus this it the third straight time Washington has been eliminated by Cleveland on their own home court. It's always better to beat a team and send them packing in Their House!!!!

Mass6,

LeBron James knew that Washington would crack if the series came down to a backyard fight. Furthermore, LeBron knew that Washington was frustrated and that they would resort to the tactics they did to get him out of his game. Once again, LeBron knew that Washington isn't trained to win a series of that magnitude (no disrespect intended to Edward Montgomery Eddie Jordan, Wizards head coach).

Cleveland is just better than Washington. I know what Washington is going through. Detroit went through it with Boston...Indiana went through it with New York...Cleveland went through it with Chicago (the Michael Jordan era)...you get the drift.

[Mass311]

I'm going to try it also on Thursday. We're in the Cleveland market for the Cavs!

Cleveland Ave, near 62 in Canton has it advertised that they are doing it. Haven't been past the Massillon one yet.

[Tiger2001]

Massillon and the one in Canton on West Tusc will be offering this deal.


439 E. Main Street, Kent (330) 678-0050

24753 Lorain Road, North Olmsted (440) 777-1983

6649 Pearl Road, Parma Heights (440) 888-1962

1630 State Road, Cuyahoga Falls (330) 929-2299

1206 Lincoln Way East, Massillon (330) 830-4000

14404 Cedar Road, University Heights (216) 691-1982

4527 W. Tuscarawas Street, Canton (330) 477-8400

27315 Detroit Road, Westlake (440) 899-1998

701 E. Market Street, Akron (330) 434-7222

16842 Chagrin Boulevard, Shaker Heights (216) 991-1960

1677 Beall Avenue, Wooster(330) 263-7272

1160 North Court Street, Medina (330) 725-7575

18400 Detroit Road, Lakewood (216) 228-1944

3732 Darrow Road, Stow (330) 686-8500

1115 North Main Street, Canton (330) 494-9999

17125 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland (216) 671-4458

3001 Cleveland Avenue, Canton (330) 493-9999

1430 Claremont Avenue, Ashland (419) 281-7272

2845 East Waterloo, Ellet (330) 628-4100

1885 West Market Street, Fairlawn (330) 867-8000

4221 Fulton Road, Cleveland (216) 459-1934

6058 Broadview Road, Parma (216) 398-1969

5707 Mayfield Road, Mayfield Hts.(440) 461-1963

201 South Main Street, Mansfield (419) 526-1000

340 East Waterloo, Akron (330) 724-7272

1210 West State Street, Alliance (330) 821-4444

5358 Turney Road, Garfield Hts (216) 663-1919

4260 Center Road, Brunswick(330) 220-7575

1315 Fourth Street, New Philadelphia (330) 364-2900

178 W. Streetsboro Road, Suite 4, Hudson (330) 655-0888

65 W. Walnut Street, Painesville (440) 352-1916

106 Front Street, Berea (440) 891-1900

22370 Lakeshore Blvd., Euclid(216) 731-5500

8630 Mentor Ave, Mentor (440) 205-1997

6289 Reynolds Road, Mentor (440) 209-1901

1037 North Water Street, Uhrichsville (740) 922-4243

13038 Cleveland Ave, Uniontown (330) 699-8900

132 Akron Road, Wadsworth (330) 334-4949

139 Wooster Road, Barberton (330) 861-0909

746 Aurora Rd., Macedonia (330) 468-1330

[mommy]

yes I agree papa john's pizza is NASTY...i think it's their sauce, but I too also heard the deal is for the cleveland, akron, canton area, so I would imagine that would include us TIGER FANS....

[hexumjunkie]

Line Is Outta Hand Down There

[TigerBuckeye313]

I wish they would show some love to all the Cavs fans here in Columbus! I think I heard that a store is offering the deal in Mansfield but it just isn't worth the drive lol.

[The Butler]

According to WKYC, there were 1,000 people waiting in line at 11:30 in Shaker Heights.

[thebili]

Holy crap! there was line a mile long outside of the Massillon Papa Johns spreading down wales.... every hill-billy, red-neck with time to kill is in line there. We called and they said it would be a 3 hour wait!

[hexumjunkie]

Why The Racist Terms Bili?

[TigerCoach]

I drove by the Massillon store at 12:30 and there were probably 200 people in line around the corner down Wales Rd.

[Tigerslover96]

There must be alot of either unemployed people or people with nothing better to do with their day. Come on people...is it really that serious?

I think Papa Johns handled this all wrong. They should have just sent coupons out to each residence and you could use your coupon by a certain date then they wouldn't have to worry about the traffic and lines a mile long. Bad situation all around for Papa Johns. Someone didn't think any of the through. You are going to offer a $.23 large pizza to NE Ohio where unemployment is way up...dumb dumb dumb :ohplease:

[thebili]

seirously, if you you were unemployed and money was tight, 3-4 hours in line for a 23 cent pizza sounds like time well spent. I mean really, how many job applications could fill out in 4 hours?
people priorities are really out of whack! :wall:
sick, sad world.

[SternRulz]

Well, to be fair, not everybody works a 9:00 - 5:00 Mon - Fri work week guys.

I like Pappa Johns, but I wouldn't stand in line for the deal. Craziness!

And I agree with the poster that says Pappa Johns handled it wrong. What were they thinking?

[Kamd50]

LOL, we just drove by there after school and there is a load of kids added to that line now!!!!!!!!!

I feel sorry for the workers.

[Marie]

I just drove by the Papa John's in North Canton on my way home from work. The line was clear around the building. Must be the people that used to work at Hoovers.

[The Butler]

I think Papa Johns handled this all wrong. ...dumb dumb dumb :ohplease:


Practically every media outlet in NE Ohio is covering this. Do you realize how much FREE advertising that is?

[Tigerslover96]

Practically every media outlet in NE Ohio is covering this. Do you realize how much FREE advertising that is?


Ok I agree with that but how many people are complaining in the process too? How many customers will they lose by the way they handled this?

[casey]

The Butler makes a good point!! Think of all of the publicity that this place is getting. They are probably doing this as a stunt so that they can filrm their commercial with hundreds of people standing in line in the rain to order their pizza. My bet is that commercials will air showing the people waiting and claiming that they have more pizzas sold in one day and/or the longest lines in history.

Is it true that only 8 shirts were given out?

[gotigers1]

The W. Tusc. store is closed. They ran out of food. As much as a 5 hour wait is being reported in University Heights near Cleveland.

[TigerCoach]

Just think of all the other pizza places are making money today also. Families who were planning on having pizza for dinner (like mine) now have to go get pizza somewhere else. If I'm a pizza shop owner, my prices just went up a buck!

[massillon catholic]

Look at all of the free advertisment this has generated.

[TigerLily]

I don’t want to be a “cry baby”, but I want my pizza too!!!! http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_9_7.gif

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[The Butler]

Just think of all the other pizza places are making money today also. Families who were planning on having pizza for dinner (like mine) now have to go get pizza somewhere else. If I'm a pizza shop owner, my prices just went up a buck!

They got me. Picked up a one topping medium from Casto's for 5 bucks on my way home today.

[Vicke]

I've just returned from vacation last night and heard all of the stuff about the 23 cent pizza. I heard about the lines, the line jumpers, the fights and etc.
Personally I don't think those pizza arer worth any thing to begin with.

I would take Kraus or Pizza Oven over a Papa John's pizza any day

[SternRulz]

Practically every media outlet in NE Ohio is covering this. Do you realize how much FREE advertising that is?

Yeah, but tied to a bad thing.

Besides, most of the people that are taking advantage of this probably aren't Pappa Johns fans, but Cavs fans getting revenge.

After the deal, they'll go back to their normal pizza shops.

[Ron Halter]

Great sales tool. Have people try their pizza for .23 cents. If they like it they will be a steady customer. Great PR

[Al.]

For $.23, it is still overpriced :puke:

[mbaldwin3]

Just think of all the other pizza places are making money today also. Families who were planning on having pizza for dinner (like mine) now have to go get pizza somewhere else. If I'm a pizza shop owner, my prices just went up a buck!

That is so true, I work at a pizza place and we were REAL busy tonight. It got a lot of people thinking about pizza. I also agree it is great "advertising" for Papa Johns. I was just on msn.com and they had the story on the front page under sports.

[BlinkxMeh]

Great sales tool. Have people try their pizza for .23 cents. If they like it they will be a steady customer. Great PR


Like anyone hasn't tried Papa Johns. xP