Papa John’s founder and CEO is leaving the company after ill-conceived attack on NFL players

John Schnatter, the proprietor of bad takes and even worse food as CEO of Papa John’s, is stepping down from the company he founded after weeks of withering criticism for his attacks on NFL players who are protesting for racial justice.

Schnatter used the company’s most recent earnings call to criticize NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for allowing the “debacle” of pre-game protests to extend for weeks into the 2017 season. Papa John’s is one of the large...