‘Apologizing gets tiring’: Subway franchisee wants fast-food giant to DROP Megan Rapinoe commercials as soccer star’s wake-up politics is turning customers away
- Subway has paid Megan Rapinoe to promote her brand in commercials since April
- Soccer star known for his strong opposition to Trump and ‘wake up’ politics
- Rapinoe wins bronze in Tokyo, takes a knee during the national anthem
- Subway franchise owners are complaining about Rapinoe as the ‘face’ of the brand
- A Wisconsin owner shared a note taped on his door complaining about him
- An Arizona owner said the company was wrong to ‘make a political statement’
- The Subway Franchisee Association stated that the concerns have been passed on to management.
- Get the latest Tokyo Olympics news including schedules, medal tables and results here
Subway franchise owners are asking company owners to pull ads featuring soccer stars Megan Rapinoe, because customers are complaining about his political activism.
Rapinoe, 36, is known as much for her outspoken views and purple hair as she is for her football skills.
for her third in Tokyo OlympicsRapinoe, before his bronze-winning game, took a knee during the national anthem.
Donald Trump issued a statement mocking Rapinoe for failing to keep the gold.
“The purple-haired woman played very well and spends a lot of time thinking about Radical Left politics and not doing her job,” he said – comments Rapinoe called “tragic.”
Rapinoe famously said in 2019 that she would not go to the ‘f****** White House’ to celebrate winning the World Cup while Trump was in office.
Rapinoe was hired by Subway in April for an ad that featured her kicking a ball that hit a burrito with a man’s hand — and she tells him to eat a Subway sandwich instead . He is currently in his sports-themed venue alongside Serena Williams, Tom Brady, and basketball player Steph Curry.
Yet his advertisements have been divisive.
Megan Rapinoe, perhaps the most famous soccer player in the United States, stars in a Subway ad, unveiled in April, that sees her kicking a burrito out of a man’s hand and tells him to eat Subway. .
Taking a knee before a Team USA game in Tokyo, the 36-year-old is known for her activism as much as her sportsmanship
A Wisconsin franchise owner shared a photo of a note posted on his door with the North American Association of Subway Franchisees (NAASF).
In late July, a Wisconsin franchise operator shared a note from an angry customer with a discussion forum organized by the North American Association of Subway Franchisees (NAASF).
The note, taped to his door, read: ‘Boycott the subway until the subway fires anti-American Megan Rapinoe, the creep who kneels for our beloved national anthem!’
The Wisconsin owner said: ‘The ad should be pulled and done with. Tired of apologizing.
Subway does not own any of its approximately 22,000 locations, but it charges franchisees 4.5 percent of its revenue to the National Advertising Fund, and controls how the money is spent from its Connecticut headquarters. .
An Arizona owner said on the NAASF blog: ‘It is completely and completely off limits to spend your money to make a political statement.’
Rapinoe is seen in Subway’s Olympic ad, which also stars Serena Williams and Tom Brady
Rapinoe takes a knee during the national anthem in Atlanta, Georgia in September 2016
Last week, NAASF representatives told members that the group had conveyed its concerns to senior leadership led by CEO John Chidsey.
‘Your NAASF Board Has Already Communicated [Subway] According to a letter obtained by The New York Post, Ilya Berez, the group’s executive director, told the franchise, ‘Leadership concerns voiced by NAASF membership.
A lawyer representing Subway franchisees told The Post earlier this week, ‘Today I was called by a bunch of franchisees on this. ‘They’re trying to pull ads.’
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