Tina Becker named Cheif Operating Officer of the Carolina Panthers

[Rags]

4 minutes ago, PanthersBigD said:

Cheer leading is a PT job with relatively low pay. Most of those women are professionals in other fields. I can completely accept that she's highly capable. What I find hard to accept is that she wasn't an enabler. It'd be difficult to secure such a high profile position of power in the Panthers back office, as it has been run by Jerry, without being complicit in what's been going on. 

Oh she definitely was. No doubt about it.

I really don't care though. She's just day-to-day manager now and probably won't be with the organization in a few months. And honestly her job probably won't be much different than before, Richardson probably isn't in..the best of mental health and she was his personal assistant. This move has little bearing on our season.

[Cary Kollins]

in which we realize half the huddle are mouth breather morons

[PantherBrew]

1 minute ago, Cover2 said:

Jesus so many sensitive mature, rational people here.

 

 

 

[Pantha-kun]

3 minutes ago, Rags said:

Oh she definitely was. No doubt about it.

I really don't care though. She's just day-to-day manager now and probably won't be with the organization in a few months. And honestly her job probably won't be much different than before, Richardson probably isn't in..the best of mental health and she was his personal assistant. 

yep this is just temporary until we get a new owner  , I'm assuming 

[MechaZain]

From cheerleader to running the franchise is a pretty badass come up.

[WonderBoy]

For those saying she was an enabler...what exactly should she have done?  Only taken a job where women aren't treated horribly?  Because speaking from experience, those don't exist.  She couldn't have gone to the cops.  As far as I know, nothing that was done was illegal.  As horrible as it was, this is not a Sandusky situation.  And I doubt anything she could have done anything that would've stopped it.  She just would've gotten fired & probably had her name smeared.  Just my two cents.

[MechaZain]

4 minutes ago, thebigcat said:

Great... They'll now be handing tampax as we enter the stadium to wave that instead...

 

Amidoingthisright?

Well, considering the username...

[Mr. Scot]

18 minutes ago, ItsPantone278 said:

I saw her name mentioned in the SI article as someone whom Richardson was very close with.

"During his tenure as Panthers owner, Richardson has, outwardly anyway, been a champion of diversity. Cam Newton, the Panthers’ African-American quarterback, is the spindle on which the entire team is wound. The Panthers have a Hispanic head coach, Ron Rivera, who took over for John Fox in 2011. A decade ago, Tina Becker was the team’s manager of cheerleader and mascot programs. Steadily promoted, she is now the de facto team president, a member of Richardson’s inner circle who represented the Panthers at October’s NFL owners’ meetings."

https://www.si.com/jerry-richardson-carolina-panthers-settlements-workplace-misconduct-sexual-harassment-racial-slur

That's where I saw that.  Knew I remembered it from somewhere.

[Fox007]

1 minute ago, WonderBoy said:

For those saying she was an enabler...what exactly should she have done?  Only taken a job where women aren't treated horribly?  Because speaking from experience, those don't exist.  She couldn't have gone to the cops.  As far as I know, nothing that was done was illegal.  As horrible as it was, this is not a Sandusky situation.  And I doubt anything she could have done anything that would've stopped it.  She just would've gotten fired & probably had her name smeared.  Just my two cents.

Everyone is hard online.

Full of I woulda's if that was me's but IRL they go home after such situations and make excuses and ill get em next time tiger.

[SmokinwithWilly]

I'm actually kind of excited about this. For anyone to have the drive and determination and skills to progress up the rungs of an NFL team ladder says something about her abilities in what is primarily a man's world. She's got a tough job ahead of her. 

[PantherNation123]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

That's where I saw that.  Knew I remembered it from somewhere.

LMAO... manager of cheerleading and mascots and now if head of the Panthers??  Talk about under-qualified...

[*FreeFua*]

14 minutes ago, GOOGLE JIM BOB COOTER said:

 

 

 

 

really

Crazy successful women turn me on. 

Sorry

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, PantherNation123 said:

LMAO... manager of cheerleading and mascots and now if head of the Panthers??  Talk about under-qualified...

She had a lot of other jobs between those two assignments.

To be clear though, shes running the non-football side of the Panthers.  Hurney is still in charge of anything football related.

 

[PanthersBigD]

16 minutes ago, WonderBoy said:

For those saying she was an enabler...what exactly should she have done?  Only taken a job where women aren't treated horribly?  Because speaking from experience, those don't exist.  She couldn't have gone to the cops.  As far as I know, nothing that was done was illegal.  As horrible as it was, this is not a Sandusky situation.  And I doubt anything she could have done anything that would've stopped it.  She just would've gotten fired & probably had her name smeared.  Just my two cents.

Plenty of people are speaking up now. Someone had to do it sometime. Maybe if people hadn't told themselves to just go along to get along for so long, this would have happened a long time ago. 

You either contribute toward changing a culture or reinforcing it.