The Sherwin-Williams logo used to be on the press conference backdrop for Penn State, right there with the Nittany Lion logo. One of those sponsor/branding opportunities any number of companies enter into with any number of colleges, the Cleveland-based Fortune 500 company could not have foreseen what was coming in State College.
As of this morning, their logo is gone from the banner as the new Penn State head coach speaks to the media. “The Sherwin/Williams logos that had been behind the main podium at Beaver Stadium are now gone,” Ben Jones reports from PSU.
You have to believe they got on the horn immediately once the child rape story broke and said something like, “Get our fucking logo out of there. We’re done.” Wouldn’t be surprised if that sponsorship is completely over.
Thoughts and prayers to all the victims, known and unknown. Just sickening.
This article appears in Nov 9-15, 2011.
Alumni and current students need to boycott Sherwin-Williams.
You’re joking, right Debra??
Sherwin-Williams had absolutely nothing to do with these events. If you’re serious, your comments need to be boycotted.
hey debra-ur a fu—– idiot. why dont you get a life…you and your family should boycott fast food
Debra, you really are an idiot. The firings of Joe Pa and the president of the university were not done without good reason and are an indication that there has been a horribly misguided “football first” mentality at Penn State for years. You feel that the best way to protest the horrible acts of a depraved individual and those who protected him is to boycott a corporate sponsor which, upon learning about the atrocities, immediately severed ties with the program that allowed it to occur? You should be protesting Penn State University by withdrawing immediately and continuing your education elsewhere.