PepsiCo latest sponsor to voice NFL concern

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-EXCITE

By MAE ANDERSON

NEW YORK (AP) — The war of words is heating up for the NFL, with PepsiCo Inc. CEO Indra Nooyi the latest major Super Bowl advertiser to make a pointed statement about the league.

Nooyi said she was "deeply disturbed" by the "repugnant behavior of a few players and the NFL's acknowledged mishandling of these issues," in a statement late Wednesday.

Pepsi, which sponsors the league via its namesake brand, Gatorade sports drink and Frito-Lay snack division, is one of the biggest NFL sponsors. The league and its teams have come under fire over the past two weeks over how it is dealing with several players with domestic violence allegations against them. An investigation has been launched into whether Commissioner Roger Goodell knew about or saw a video of Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice hitting his then-fiancee earlier than he said.

Most major sponsors have voiced disapproval, with Anheuser-Busch, another one of the NFL's biggest sponsors, saying it was "increasingly concerned" about the situation.

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[Ed Suspicious]

1. I think we'll see a major cleanup and harsh penalties in the near future for

players who commit these sort of offenses. What the NFL needs to do is to stop the knee-jerk reaction crap, get a firm, fair, and consistent, rehabilative process in place, and enforce it consistently no matter how seemingly an individual player is to a franchise and to the league.

[mahannah]

2. Profits.