Mr. Scot

Id say it's a little more than "things not going his way". Tepper bragged about giving the Panthers "the best" in every area. This ginormous practice facility was gonna be a big part of that. Yet despite all the braggadocio and such, he couldn't get it done and we're back to practicing on average practice fields in Charlotte and having training camp in Spartanburg, Even if he doesn't take a big financial loss on all this, when it comes to perception and image, there's pretty much no way he doesn't come out of this looking like a loser. Right now, about the only legit claim he can make to improving the team is constructing the bubble over the practice fields.

The Observer and other sources list the total payout as 82 million. Tepper company offers $82 million to resolve claims tied to failed Rock Hill project

I looked back at some of the original stories but don't see any mention of future projects. Did see this regarding the lawsuit (link) York County has filed a lawsuit against several of Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper’s organizations and the city of Rock Hill over the “misappropriation” of $21 million in funds tied to the team facility that was under construction in Rock Hill. County leaders allege in the lawsuit the Tepper Defendants “improperly utilized these funds on their failed vanity project, the Carolina Panthers’ headquarters and practice facility.” “Both the City and the Tepper Defendants have harmed York County and its taxpayers, and the County should be made whole,” court documents state. They were seeking 21 million ar rhe time, and the story now says Tepper's company is willing to pay them 20 million. Offering one million less does sound like kind of a 'f--k you' move.

Ouch... Person manages to twist the knife and do a little marketing at the same time

So after all the talk about how we were going to have this amazing state-of-the-art practice facility that would be the envy of the league and have a bunch of other neat stuff around it, back to the status quo. No matter how you spin it, that's kind of embarrassing. Definitely not what anybody would call "winning"...

Quick note from Field Yates... No fumbles in eight years sure ain't bad...

Depends on how you structure the team... The "one highly paid superstar surrounded by a bunch of cheap knockoffs" formula hasn't been all that successful.

Could use some buffalo chicken

It's not about the suspension... From what I've read, there are a fair number of guys who wouldn't exactly cry if he got his leg broken.

They've been back and forth on that...

Second one...

Objectively speaking, the most successful... Granted, when your list of other contenders consists of a guy that's only been at it for two years and Marty Hurney, it's not exactly like you've got stiff competition.

As I recall though, not paying back those things was one of the reasons they filed bankruptcy in the first place. (hence the lawsuits)

That'd makes sense, sadly. Hate to hear stuff like that

On the heels of the videos where no fans were showing up for camp... Preseason and all but I still feel like David Tepper would have a fit if that were us.

The 80s were a great time to be a teenager though

We were going to be "winning" everywhere. Hell, at this point are we winning anywhere?

At least in the past, he's committed to having a presence in both states. Whether that continues or he just decides training camp at Wofford is "the presence", don't know.

No argument...

That's a decent absence for this time of year

Lady Cowboy Fan's older grandson has an interest in culinary arts. I'm not certain yet whether he has a talent for it though. We've tried a few of his "experiments". They've been...interesting

Odd given that the team he used to be a part of isn't as big on the fancy stuff and tends to concentrate more on the actual football side of things.

8 tracks...Lord have mercy I think the oldest thing I still have (besides my body) is an old boombox from the '80s that used to belong to my sister.

I mean at this point, is the shiny new Panthers facility that they bragged so much about even going to get built?

Analysis I've seen generally leans toward this year's class turning out to be about like expected... (which ain't good)