Why is the sale of the team taking so long?

[NanuqoftheNorth]

3 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Which brings up another question...

Does Richardson having to sell the team under a cloud of scandal make it easier for the NFL to nudge the sale toward their preferred guy?

What if the league simply decides the claims against JR don't rise to a level deserving of serious punishment? 

What if the league gives JR a slap on the wrist, a fine or written admonishment and concludes its investigation?

What if JR then decides to remain the owner of the Panthers?

Maybe JR never sells the team.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, NanuqoftheNorth said:

What if the league simply decides the claims against JR don't rise to a level deserving of serious punishment? 

What if the league gives JR a slap on the wrist, a fine or written admonishment and concludes its investigation?

What if JR then decides to remain the owner of the Panthers?

Maybe JR never sells the team.

With what SI was able to find, that seems unlikely. Plus the sale process has already started. Kinda doubt they'd let him back out of it now.

Course if they did, the league would likely get #metooed to death.

[NanuqoftheNorth]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

With what SI was able to find, that seems unlikely. Plus the sale process has already started. Kinda doubt they'd let him back out of it now.

Course if they did, the league would likely get #metooed to death.

From what we've witnessed over the last decade, I'm fairly certain JR isn't operating with a full deck of cards anymore.

Nothing JR decides to do would surprise me at this point.

[Reynman]

It would appear that the NFL would prefer a one owner situation...less messy with personalities.

But the decision is up to JR...and he would prefer to sell it to his friends.

We will see who wins...

[Moo Daeng]

1 hour ago, Reynman said:

It would appear that the NFL would prefer a one owner situation...less messy with personalities.

But the decision is up to JR...and he would prefer to sell it to his friends.

We will see who wins...

That's a reasonable hypothesis but based on what? And who? That's just a guess

[Mr. Scot]

5 hours ago, NanuqoftheNorth said:

From what we've witnessed over the last decade, I'm fairly certain JR isn't operating with a full deck of cards anymore.

Nothing JR decides to do would surprise me at this point.

That's been suggested, and there's definitely reason to think so. Dirty old men sometimes just don't have all their mental filters.

31 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

That's a reasonable hypothesis but based on what? And who? That's just a guess

Probably Tepper based on the fact that he's already"part of the club". Also the fact this is how Haslam got the Browns and the NFL would certainly like to have someone worth nearly 12 billion dollars in their fold.

There's also Navarro whom Richardson might prefer because he's from the Carolinas.

[Moo Daeng]

29 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

That's been suggested, and there's definitely reason to think so. Dirty old men sometimes just don't have all their mental filters.

Probably Tepper based on the fact that he's already"part of the club". Also the fact this is how Haslam got the Browns and the NFL would certainly like to have someone worth nearly 12 billion dollars in their fold.

There's also Navarro whom Richardson might prefer because he's from the Carolinas.

I interpreted friends to mean someone local and already involved. Those two are the likely too candidates even without any thin strands of attachment. Very very thin strands 

[Mr. Scot]

5 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

I interpreted friends to mean someone local and already involved. Those two are the likely too candidates even without any thin strands of attachment. Very very thin strands 

Gotcha. I definitely wouldn't call either of them friends. Sabates is friends with Ron Rivera, not sure about Jerry Richardson. I sincerely doubt his group is going to be able to offer a strong bid. Even if Richardson chose him, the league would have to approve.

The only real "strands" with the others are that Navarro is from the Carolinas and Tepper is associated with the organization that Richardson always said he wanted to model the Panthers after.