La Canfora: Signs point to Tepper being named new owner early next week, $2.1-2.2 billion sale

[TheSpecialJuan]

3 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Albert Breer confirms that Tepper will win the sale without being the highest bidder but with the preference of the NFL. 

Breer considers it "groundbreaking".

 

Kinda feel bad for Navarro, he did everything he possibly could to win the ownership 

[Mr. Scot]

Ouch

 

 

[mc52beast]

Please let this finally be over so JR can get as far away from this team as possible

[PurityControl]

28 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Kinda feel bad for Navarro, he did everything he possibly could to win the ownership 

Except have the money 

 

[ThPantherFan]

Sheeeiiitttt

[ThPantherFan]

2 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

The Observer is now acknowledging the reports.

Tepper emerges as likely Panthers owner

And here's the thing: The Observer article does not include the paragraph about how Michael Rubin is still interested in the team at the right price.

That tells me it's really over 

So, NFL conspiracy theories do exist.  Hmmm.

[Nails]

3 hours ago, TheRed said:

Yeah... good luck with that.

The percentage of people that would be for public funding for a new Panthers Stadium would be infinitesimal.  The percentage would vastly increase, but not be overwhelming, in the far fetched idea that it would also be used for MLB and MLS.

[Black&BlueBubba]

5 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Said it before: If it's Tepper, don't be surprised if Steelers VP of Football and Business Administration Omar Khan is your next GM.

Khan is more of a cap negotiator than a personnel guy, so the hope would be that Khan would hire solid personnel people.

FYI: The Steelers are nearly fanatical about building through the draft, so I'd expect a similar approach here under Tepper/Khan.

First and foremost I hope that whoever gets it keeps the damn team in Charlotte. But there could be much worse situations than having Steelers guys manage the team. Hell it could be the Bengals.  At least he has contacts of how to build a competitive team. 

[Mr. Scot]

50 minutes ago, mc52beast said:

Please let this finally be over so JR can get as far away from this team as possible

I'd say it's over.

[Ezell704]

Man.... this crushes me man. It always pointed to this though. If it was gonna make sense it woulda been sold along time ago. Richardson is a bitch.

[Raskle]

Maybe I'm in the minority here, but when the guy who got canned for being a complete asshole, and his geriatric daddy who took creepy workplace to a whole new level tap Navarro as a "great guy" who they would feel comfortable with being the next owner, that kind of didn't sit right with me.

 

I'm actually okay with Tepper being the next owner, in that I believe that we'll finally break out of our every other year slump with him in charge. Something tells me that he will not accept anything less than back to back winning seasons, with multiple playoff berths as the minimum standard, rather than the exception we've experienced over 20 years now, and a real Superbowl push to win it is the expectation. We're just so used to our owner being more worried about loyalty and family, that we've forgotten that this team is a business at heart, and winning is the only real option, both fanatically and financially.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, Raskle said:

Maybe I'm in the minority here, but when the guy who got canned for being a complete asshole, and his geriatric daddy who took creepy workplace to a whole new level tap Navarro as a "great guy" who they would feel comfortable with being the next owner, that kind of didn't sit right with me.

I'm actually okay with Tepper being the next owner, in that I believe that we'll finally break out of our every other year slump with him in charge. Something tells me that he will not accept anything less than back to back winning seasons, with multiple playoff berths as the minimum standard, rather than the exception we've experienced over 20 years now, and a real Superbowl push to win it is the expectation. We're just so used to our owner being more worried about loyalty and family, that we've forgotten that this team is a business at heart, and winning is the only real option, both fanatically and financially.

Said it elsewhere: I'm not against Tepper.  I just preferred Navarro.

Now, certainly hoping for the best.

[TPanther920]

damn it to hell. I wish JR would go TV tonight and announce that he had decided to sell to Navarro.

[Ace_Aladdin]

I doubt it, Navarro is going to win it.