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Louisville Football Players Want Papa John's Branding Removed After Racial Slur

Football players at the University of Louisville want a name change to Papa John's Cardinals Stadium following the recent news surrounding the pizza company's founder, John Schnatter.

Schnatter used the N-word during a conference call and resigned Wednesday as Chairman of the Board with Papa John's, per Nathaniel Meyersohn of CNN Money.

Receivers Seth Dawkins and Jaylen Smith took to Twitter Thursday to discuss a change to their home stadium:

Seth Dawkins

We need to change the name of the stadium ASAP, I’m not here for it ud83eudd37ud83cudffeu2642ufe0f

According to Darren Rovell of ESPN, Schnatter also resigned from Louisville's board of trustees.