Deep dive insiders info on the sale by SI

[DaveThePanther2008]

I think this makes more sense that the NFL was pushing there guy all along.  I had said a couple of weeks ago that if JR wanted Navarro why didn't he just announce it and put the ball in the court of the other owners.

Make them vote on Navarro.   If the NFL was running it than they were forcing JR to take what Tepper was offering and he was balking at it.

Glad it is over.

[Moorgan]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

There's been pretty extensive discussion about how Tepper set a value for the team and refused to ever budge from it.

Probably wanna remember that the next time we're negotiating with a guy who's about to hit free agency.

Or Cam's extension, etc. Not sure how much he will be involved in those since it's really more of a cap space manipulation than an actual money deal. Don't the tv contracts pay the players? I'm guessing the owners may not really feel like what is paid to the players is their money...or I'm way wrong.

[Squirrel]

Tepper and Gettleman would have gotten along greatly. A item is worth only so much and neither will budge over it. 

[tondi]

Wonder what kind of pie chart he will whip out for the next collective bargaining negotiations? 

[Jon Snow]

8 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Tepper and Gettleman would have gotten along greatly. A item is worth only so much and neither will budge over it. 

Careful, you will get poo slung at you from the bandwangon group who have no knowledge of the history of this team or Hurney.

[Sam Mills Fan]

26 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

The PR firm for his businesses was written about in the press long before you tried to claim his friends only liked him because of a PR firm.

If that's true, fair enough. I never saw anything about the PR firm he hired in print until now though.

[Mr. Scot]

16 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Tepper and Gettleman would have gotten along greatly. A item is worth only so much and neither will budge over it. 

Sounds like it.

There were people who didn't like having a GM with Gettleman's personality. Now you've got an owner that sounds like Gettleman on steroids.

If the owner hurts your feelings, who do you run to?

[ickmule]

The good ole boys club is just as corrupt as politicians.  That’s what I get from this. I hope the decline in ratings continue.  Those assholes deserve it.  Tepper looks like the biggest tool on the planet.   

[Jon Snow]

1 minute ago, ickmule said:

The good ole boys club is just as corrupt as politicians.  That’s what I get from this. I hope the decline in ratings continue.  Those assholes deserve it.  Tepper looks like the biggest tool on the planet.   

That may be but he's our tool now.  I for one am looking forward to all the Jimmy's that will be rustled by him.  Talk about a complete 180 from the old southern gentleman persona we have been accustomed to.

[Squirrel]

6 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Sounds like it.

There were people who didn't like having a GM with Gettleman's personality. Now you've got an owner that sounds like Gettleman on steroids.

If the owner hurts your feelings, who do you run to?

I'm actually looking forward to this. Will be interesting see what happens next off-season think some players will be asked to take a pay cut or shown the door. 

[hepcat]

Basically what this article says is: "Cash Talks". Tepper had the cash to buy the team. Navarro didn't. Even at the highest levels of sales, a lower cash offer will beat a higher financed one.

[Mr. Scot]

15 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

I'm actually looking forward to this. Will be interesting see what happens next off-season think some players will be asked to take a pay cut or shown the door. 

I'm actually a lot less worried about Hurney being the GM now.

With Richardson in charge, we probably could have had another ten years of Hurney sucking and he still would have been untouchable.

Tepper being the owner makes Hurney very "touchable", so if he underperforms again, it won't be for long.

[trueblade]

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There’s a belief at the highest levels of the league, that he’ll be good not only for the Panthers, but also the NFL as a whole at a critical time, with negotiations on new labor and media deals looming. 

I want him to do what's good for the Panthers. If it winds up being good for the league, cool, but I don't want another owner who is more concerned with the Shield than this own team.

[Mr. Scot]

8 minutes ago, trueblade said:

I want him to do what's good for the Panthers. If it winds up being good for the league, cool, but I don't want another owner who is more concerned with the Shield than this own team.

They're talking about his skills as a tough negotiator.

They expect to make use of those when the next CBA and TV deals are discussed.