The NFL introduced on Tuesday that Little Caesars will likely be taking up as the brand new official pizza sponsor of the NFL after Pizza Hut, and customers on Twitter have joked that there's now a model that "out-pizzas the Hut."

After taking up from Papa John's Pizza in 2018, Pizza Hut gained new followers whereas sponsoring the NFL for nearly 5 years, however the brand new partnership with Little Caesars has prompted many jokes on social media.

One consumer wrote, "Pizza Hut wants a brand new slogan cuz Little Caesars simply out-pizza'd The Hut."

A number of customers took to slamming the Little Caesars pizza chain.

Aaron Nagler, co-founder of Cheesehead TV, wrote on Twitter, "The league declares that Little Caesars is now the official pizza of the NFL. Good time [to] remind everybody that the cardboard-tasting private pizzas you discover at roadside gasoline stations are the official pizza of CheeseheadTV."

One other consumer wrote, "In case you do not eat Little Caesars pizza inside quarter-hour of shopping for it you may as properly put some pepperoni on a Terry Bradshaw recreation worn jersey and eat it."

One consumer tweeted, "Solely time Little Caesars is nice is when you're drunk at 2am and you do not really care how the pizza style."

And author David Gardner tweeted, "I like Little Caesars as a result of they do not make any guarantees about how contemporary their components are and even how good their pizza tastes. All they promise is that it is sizzling and it is prepared. Generally that is all you want."

Nevertheless, some appeared happy with the announcement of the brand new sponsorship. One consumer wrote, "Little Caesars is nice pizza and would not deserve the hate it will get on right here."

One other mentioned, "Anybody on right here hating on Little Caesars clearly has by no means had their Loopy Bread."

The brand new partnership will embody new advertising campaigns for Little Caesars which are directed towards the NFL and soccer followers, together with thrilling promotions and new merchandise and packaging, the NFL mentioned on Tuesday.

"We're thrilled to welcome Little Caesars to the NFL household," mentioned Renie Anderson, chief income officer and govt vice chairman of NFL partnerships. "With a deal with high quality and comfort, Little Caesars presents unmatched worth for our followers, and we look ahead to working collectively to positively influence communities throughout the US."

Dave Scrivano, president and CEO of Little Caesars, added, "This partnership goals to boost the enjoyable of recreation day by bringing the standard and comfort Little Caesars is understood for to NFL followers throughout the nation. And since we are the worth chief within the pizza business, hungry followers can get pleasure from weekly recreation time meals at a really reasonably priced value throughout a time when meals costs are on the rise."

Jill Proctor, the director of strategic communications and media relations for Little Caesars advised Newsweek, "With the NFL's over 100 million followers, we're assured this partnership will reinforce the present love for the Little Caesars model, notably on the key second of recreation time meals.… We're additionally actually trying ahead to the chance to construct on our decades-long charitable giving initiative, the Little Caesars Love Kitchen, by partnering with the NFL to do much more collectively."

Replace 6/14/22, 11:30 a.m. ET: This story has been up to date with extra data.

Little Caesars Bowl - Marshall v Ohio
The NFL introduced on Tuesday that Little Caesars was the brand new pizza sponsor for the soccer league, prompting many jokes on-line from Twitter customers. Above, sponsor indicators are displayed through the 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl between the Marshall College Thundering Herd and the Ohio Bobcats at Ford Subject on December 26, 2009, in Detroit.Mark Cunningham/Getty Photographs