Jerry Richardson q&a

[pantherclaw]

and your basing this easy schedule on last year, this is the nfl we can easily go from 10-6 to 6-10. i have no problem with him raising prices if he locks up those young core guys but he hasnt. if he waits it might be too late, and of course they are not going to throw him under the bus for sitting on his wallet because he has the leverage.

its pretty obvious he is setting up for this lock-out year. not allowing fox to bring in any talent is setting him up for failure. yeah those contracts were bad and most needed to get off the books but not bring in any fa but special teamers is taking a big chance.

as of right now i dont see the playoffs. remember 08 we made the playoffs and got smashed because the team was not made for that time. that poo was horrible, i wished we didnt even make the playoffs after that performance. this squad is no were better than that one besides the qb position.

You sir, are a fuging idiot. Please tell me what great talent was worth bring in free agency?

You talk like this team has no talent at all.

So I guess the team has been drafting players just to draft them. Or better yet, to be career backups.

I really don't care that it is possible to sign guys to contract extensions. I would rather the team wait until the new cba is in place so they can write the best contracts not only for the team, but also for the players. That obviously doesn't matter to you, cause you want things done now, regradless of the repercussions.

[cookinbrak]

So I guess the team has been drafting players just to draft them. Or better yet, to be career backups.

We don't draft those, we trade for them or sign them as FAs....

[DaCityKats]

You sir, are a f**king idiot. Please tell me what great talent was worth bring in free agency?

You talk like this team has no talent at all.

So I guess the team has been drafting players just to draft them. Or better yet, to be career backups.

I really don't care that it is possible to sign guys to contract extensions. I would rather the team wait until the new cba is in place so they can write the best contracts not only for the team, but also for the players. That obviously doesn't matter to you, cause you want things done now, regradless of the repercussions.

im an idiot see i never once called you out fug boy. i never said this team dont have talent but a lot of production has left this team from last year mostly on the defense side. not saying we cant get that same production i just dont see it right now. we draft guys to start of course but nick fuging hayden is a starter? what about mike fumble goodson? my point is yes we draft player to start at some point and some to be back ups ass wipe.

at the end of the year i seriously doubt we will be able to sign all these guys and if it is a lockout what you think jerry will do than. he will not outbid another team for that talent. so chill the fug out, im sorry you dont agree but its a message board.learn how to state your ideas without the names and dont be a web thug.

[DaCityKats]

eh... we could've won that game against arizona in the playoffs. it had nothing to do with talent except for the QB position. i think we CAN make the playoffs, if matt moore can truly be more careful with the footbal than jake was. accuracy, and not turning it over. Also, even though we are thin on the defensive line, we still have some young talent coming in at DE that collectively will get good pressure i think. and, our secondary will definately be quicker this year, and possibly make create more turnovers.

this team can improve from and 8-8 season, in which they 09 team started off 0-3, and had lots of injuries.

we could not have won that game.our first drive was good,but arizona just scored so fast and often we would have had to put the game in jakes hand and we seen how that went. the secondary im not worried about but that front 4 i am. i know we went 8-8 last year after a dismal start.

[Floppin]

The problem is for those of you bitching about ticket prices and Richardson being cheap is that you dumbo's are so shortsighted it's hard to see past your own wallets. Team ownership is a business, and just like all business's it requires making a profit. Sure Richardson is loaded, he did build Hardee's from the ground up, but just because he has a ton of money does not mean he can just throw away money on the Panthers. He has to run the panthers so that the organization makes money, it can not be an organization running the negatives. That is not sound business practice, as much as it would make you happy. Richardson is a big player in the upcoming CBA and he knows he is going to have to make a bunch of large contract extensions after this next season, but he's doing the right business decision and waiting, but in an effort to make sure that he's able to make these extensions and continue to run a profitable organization he has to continue to raise ticket prices in accordance with inflation and overall cost of the business, after all we aren't just talking about player overhead but overall organization overhead. He has never been shy about spending the money on his players when its warranted, always being at cap every single season. He will shell out the big bucks, but he has to cover his ass business wise. Seriously, think for a second before you cry because you have to spend an extra 3% on your season tickets, how much has milk gone up in the past 15years?

[pantherclaw]

im an idiot see i never once called you out f**k boy. i never said this team dont have talent but a lot of production has left this team from last year mostly on the defense side. not saying we cant get that same production i just dont see it right now. we draft guys to start of course but nick f**king hayden is a starter? what about mike fumble goodson? my point is yes we draft player to start at some point and some to be back ups ass wipe.

at the end of the year i seriously doubt we will be able to sign all these guys and if it is a lockout what you think jerry will do than. he will not outbid another team for that talent. so chill the f**k out, im sorry you dont agree but its a message board.learn how to state your ideas without the names and dont be a web thug.

I'll apologize for calling ya an idiot, I was just so flabbergasted that anyone would tout off like you did, claiming we have no talent, and bitching and moaning about the contracts. I still think you are off your rocker, but that doesn't matter.

Why are you even claiming Nick Hayden a starter? You have no idea who the starters will be at this moment. And the general line of thinking doesn't have him as a starter. Goodson has fumbled the ball. And one again you assume he going to be starting? over whom?

I see goodson being used more as a receiver, if he is even retained. Ball security can be taught. Talent can't.

Richardson has been VERY well known to spend money. Even spend more than others think a player is worth. So you have no evidence that he won't sign our core players. In fact, all the evidence supports the fact that he does sign his core players. I can promise you this, if Hurney signed a bunch of extensions now (which isn't necessary as they are all under contract), if would actually make it more difficult to sign all the guys that the team view as core players. Is there a real possibility we will lose a player due to another team paying them more. Yes, it happens all the time, but ya can't blame Hurney and Richardson for that, when they make their efforts in retaining the core guys, and paying them well.

You never did give me one example of a FA that would have been worth bringing in. Not one, you were to busy frothing at the mouth cause you got called out.

Until mid pre-season, I would strongly recommend you stop bitching about who is starting and who isn't, when you have no fuging clue. Oh, I just called you out again, didn't I. Truth hurts. Get over it. Suck it up.

[panthers55]

The problem is for those of you bitching about ticket prices and Richardson being cheap is that you dumbo's are so shortsighted it's hard to see past your own wallets. Team ownership is a business, and just like all business's it requires making a profit. Sure Richardson is loaded, he did build Hardee's from the ground up, but just because he has a ton of money does not mean he can just throw away money on the Panthers. He has to run the panthers so that the organization makes money, it can not be an organization running the negatives. That is not sound business practice, as much as it would make you happy. Richardson is a big player in the upcoming CBA and he knows he is going to have to make a bunch of large contract extensions after this next season, but he's doing the right business decision and waiting, but in an effort to make sure that he's able to make these extensions and continue to run a profitable organization he has to continue to raise ticket prices in accordance with inflation and overall cost of the business, after all we aren't just talking about player overhead but overall organization overhead. He has never been shy about spending the money on his players when its warranted, always being at cap every single season. He will shell out the big bucks, but he has to cover his ass business wise. Seriously, think for a second before you cry because you have to spend an extra 3% on your season tickets, how much has milk gone up in the past 15years?

Wow a bunch of mixed logic and all all over the place. I agree that Richardson is a big player in the CBA and likely knows what the owners are going to hold out for which is a 20% reduction in overall spending. So he is reducing his player payroll to account for that. He is also taking the opportunity to gut his payroll and go cheap this year. Those are the realities.

Business is about making as much money as possible and spending the least. He is raising prices because he can. Plain and simple. If he based his prices on his payroll he would be reducing prices not increasing them. Most of the upfront money for signing bonuses are sometimes paid from profits but often from loans given to each owner by the NFL up to 145 million I have read.

The organization has always made money and will continue to do so. This isn't about trying to stay profitable but having the opportunity to make a lot more money by raising prices and paying most players under rookie contracts and 1 year tenders. But as you say owners are in the business to make money and as much as they can, so I don't really have a problem with that. I just laugh when people act as if he has to raise prices. He didn't. He cares about the organization and about making money. His overall organizational costs have gone down as well from what I have read. They have turned over vendor operations to a third party which reduces staff, has cut a number of positions and consolidated things where possible. All sound business moves.

He is a good owner because he is a smart businessman and the Panthers will be around because of it. So again I have no problem with him making money but lets be real here. He cares about the money more than the fans and he should. He raised prices because he can. If the product on the field is good this year expect him to go cheap in the future and some of the guys like Davis and Williams might not be signed. If we struggle he will spend the money to keep the core group realizing he might have cut too deep.

And he has raised prices 3% this year but it has been a lot more than that over the past 15 years. Someone else might know the amount but it is likely closer to 40% over the past the 15 years.

[Floppin]

Business is about making as much money as possible and spending the least. He is raising prices because he can. Plain and simple. If he based his prices on his payroll he would be reducing prices not increasing them. Most of the upfront money for signing bonuses are sometimes paid from profits but often from loans given to each owner by the NFL up to 145 million I have read.

If you based it on just this year that would make sense, but I was stating that he was doing it on future speculation of contracts, ie next year when he has to make lots of decisions on big deals.

[Floppin]

It's not like he sets himself up to rake in 100 of millions each year. In 2007 for instance he barely cleared 2.5million in profit.

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/30/biz_07nfl_Carolina-Panthers_309456.html

[Panthers_Lover]

Actually JR is forcing the hand. If I dont pay for my season tickets I forfeit my PSLs which I spent thousands of dollars on which means JR can continue to put a medicore product on the field and his PSL owners have to deal with it or lose money on their investment. Sounds petty to you but the fact is JR has his season ticket holders by their balls.

And nobody forced you to become a PSL/season ticket holder. You chose to do that, knowing the rules. As far as I know, there were no guarantees regarding team performance given to us when we signed up.

[Panthers_Lover]

Its rather obvious that you work for the panthers in some capacity. Its your job to exagerate/kiss JRs ass and tell everyone what a great owner he is since he is paying you to do so.

Nope. Do not work for the Panthers, have never worked for the Panthers or Mr. Richardson.

[PantherBob]

Since bob doesn't think the panthers are worth cheering for, he should auction his psls to the highest bidder. Take a loss, you cry baby, and go find yourself something you deem is worth cheering for, as it will obviously never be the panthers.

The money I spend on my team I don't even worry about. Sure, there are many times I spend a lot of money on them. So what. If ya can't afford to live without that money, then ya never should have made the decision to spend it.

I know, some people view psls as an investment, almost like stock.bif that's how you view it, then that's your own fault. Id be happy to have psls and be at every home game. I've spent enough money on a single away game, to pay for season tickets.boh well, that's the price that needed to be paid to ensure what I wanted.

Doesn't matter that you don't think the panthers are worth it. They won't miss you in the stands.

LMAO AGAIN @ your "you dont agree with everything the team does so you're a hater" posts. Its obvious you are a very fragile and insecure young boy that cant handle anyone criticizing ANYTHING about your favorite team even if its justified or not. Thats very evident when you try to intimidate people with your tough guy/name calling routine because you simply cant handle it. Sad and yet funny at the same time.

I have no problem rooting for the panthers no matter what their record is. But if they dont care enough to make the product better as long as they are making money (which is all JR cares about) then why should I continue to spend hundreds - thousands a year on them when I can watch their medicore product for free from the comfort of my own couch? If JR didnt have me by the balls Id be more than happy to watch the games at home instead of in the stands. Im not letting thousands of dollars of my hard earn money that I invested go to waste. Like I said, if someone wants to buy my PSLs Im all ears.

[PantherBob]

Yep. People who sell their PSLs because they don't like what the owner is doing should never root for that team again. Even if I don't like some of the things Richardson does, I would never sell my PSLs. That one of the rule you don't do when you're a fan of the team.

Then put your money where your mouth is and buy yourself a PSL. Since you made up the "rule" show us non fans how its done.

[PantherBob]

The problem is for those of you bitching about ticket prices and Richardson being cheap is that you dumbo's are so shortsighted it's hard to see past your own wallets. Team ownership is a business, and just like all business's it requires making a profit. Sure Richardson is loaded, he did build Hardee's from the ground up, but just because he has a ton of money does not mean he can just throw away money on the Panthers. He has to run the panthers so that the organization makes money, it can not be an organization running the negatives. That is not sound business practice, as much as it would make you happy. Richardson is a big player in the upcoming CBA and he knows he is going to have to make a bunch of large contract extensions after this next season, but he's doing the right business decision and waiting, but in an effort to make sure that he's able to make these extensions and continue to run a profitable organization he has to continue to raise ticket prices in accordance with inflation and overall cost of the business, after all we aren't just talking about player overhead but overall organization overhead. He has never been shy about spending the money on his players when its warranted, always being at cap every single season. He will shell out the big bucks, but he has to cover his ass business wise. Seriously, think for a second before you cry because you have to spend an extra 3% on your season tickets, how much has milk gone up in the past 15years?

Actually it was a 9% increase this year and my tickets have nearly doubled over the last 10 years. Again, its easy to complain about people complaining when you have no money invested yourself. If you think you're such a better fan then go out and buy yourself a PSL then.