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Heard a Rumor

XClown1986

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Kevin Greene Newbie

Kevin Greene

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When will people learn that LA should not have an NFL team. They've already got the 49ers, Raiders, and Chargers. two of which are a bridge's distances across from each other. Cali doesn't need another team, LA certainly doesn't need one. Next we'll hear about Montana getting a team.. jeez.

LA has had the Chargers and 49ers?

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Mekeritrig Newbie

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The Panthers are no where near the top of the list for taking up residence in Los Angeles Stadium if the investors ever decide the build the thing. Oakland, San Diego, and Buffalo are all teams itching to expand their markets and leave their current cities while the Panthers aren't in any rush to abandon their 10 year old stadium. Richardson is a product of the Carolinas, and it'll be a cold day in hell before he moves the team he worked so hard to get here.

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Doc Holiday Veteran

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Hope it isn't true, but I heard that Richardson was looking to sell the team and right now the person most interested wants to move them to LA. Jesus Lord let this be false.

If any Team is moving to LA it's the Jags, there has been serious talk about them moving for 3 years now, and there's no reason to doubt they wouldn't be the first to to be moved.

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BIGH2001 Grand Master

BIGH2001

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I am far from a troll. I am true Panthers fan through and through. Have the ink and man cave to prove it. Heard the rumor, and was concerned. I know there are people on the board with real connections and wanted some real answers. So everyone else with hurt vaginas can piss off. Thanks.

If someone on this board with real connections knew about something as major as the team moving I think you would have heard about it by now. Stop being so gullible.

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DaveThePanther2008 Grand Master

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First, I am not going to bash someone for posting what they thought was a viable subject. Whether true or not it is always a fear for me to lose the Panthers like my beloved Colts in 1984. So it can happen.

That being said. There was a reason Houston was awarded their franchise over L.A. The move would have to be approved by the NFL and I don't think that will happen. Finally the NFL would have to re-align AGAIN.

Go Panthers

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tight lines Newbie

tight lines

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I've already asked in this thread, who is Richardson leasing from?

After looking a little more it looks like the team leases the stadium from Carolinas Stadium Corp which is an affiliate of the Panthers ownership group. So in essence the team owns the stadium.

However the lease also lists the city of Charlotte as a party

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Phil Dees Newbie

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you do realize that his son's are still part owners of the team along with others.... Big Cat has the majority but he is not the sole owner

Ranking The NFL Organizations 2

Teams in Turmoil

This week, we take on a group of teams whose futures are in some doubt because of questions surrounding their ownership or management groups. All members of this category are franchises that might have been rated as elite or near elite in the not-too-distant past. But at the moment, each has been somewhat destabilized, and in virtually every case this can be traced to some activity or void created by ownership.

Today, we look at a category those interviews produced and a group in which the consensus varied most. These are franchises that, while not bad or particularly laggard, are still in some peril. What are the common trends in this group? Questions about owner age and health; the existence or lack of a succession plan; market size and productivity; recent organizational shake-up and either rebuilding or missing a championship window; and inheritance tax issues that loom over the entire league but especially threaten these teams.

Teams in Turmoil

Carolina Panthers: Jerry Richardson (No. 18)

Richardson is the one former NFL player who currently owns a team and the first since George Halas passed away. He had been marked as a rising star in ownership circles and has been influential in league matters since the beginning of his tenure. His sons, Mark and Jon, have been active in league circles and in running the team’s stadium as a profit-making entity. Just surviving in ACC country and on the border of SEC territory has been something of a feat for the Panthers, and when they reached the 2004 Super Bowl, it appeared they had found the formula of an inexpensive QB, charismatic coach and smothering defense. Yet three times in their relatively brief history the Panthers have found a way to turn promise into instability on the field. With a bright, football-oriented owner in charge, this organization should be a Southern version of the Pittsburgh Steelers, but it has turned up just short.

If the team fails to live up to expectations next season, it will probably cost GM Marty Hurney and head coach John Fox their jobs. Losing Fox, in particular, might put the Panthers back to square one. A shortfall would come at a terrible time as Richardson underwent heart transplant surgery in February. It’s difficult to imagine how engaged he can be in the short or long term to steer his team through potentially troubled waters again given his health concerns. We wish him well, but teams with ownership voids usually suffer. The other question facing Carolina will be one of succession. Richardson put virtually all his wealth into the Panthers, but it’s unknown whether his sons have the desire or the financial ability to maintain the team without their dad in the picture. This is another franchise in which the inheritance tax issue could loom, with a current valuation in excess of $1 billion, according to Forbes.

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/ranking-the-nfl-organizations-2.html

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