Panthers Ownership Rumor Roundup Corner

[Sam Mills Fan]

There have been reports of the following people being interested in buying the Panthers: the Belk family, the Levine family, the Wordsworths, Bruton Smith, Puff Daddy, a Felix Sabates/Muhsin Muhammad/Dell Curry group, Eddie DeBartolo, Carl Cook, Brian France, David Tepper, Mikhail Fridman, and Marc Benioff.

Did I miss anyone and who would you guys want to buy the team if that ended up as the final list?

[DaveThePanther2008]

Eddie DeBartolo providing he keeps them in Carolina.  He is a former owner and knows how to put a staff together to be a winner.

[therealmjl]

It’s actually “Diddy” now.

Puff Daddy died in the late 90s

[Sam Mills Fan]

By the way, I would go for the Sabates/Muhammad/Curry group, but a "group" makes me a little nervous. That makes me think of Derek Jeter and the Marlins and we've seen how much of a clusterf that has become.

[Paa Langfart]

Probably never happen but I'd like to see Micky Arison buy the Panthers. He's got the money and the interest in sports.... and isn't afraid to make changes needed to win it all.

[2plankingpanther]

Sabates keeps saying how the Panthers need a dome,screw that idiot!

[Snake]

31 minutes ago, mjligon said:

It’s actually “Diddy” now.

Puff Daddy died in the late 90s

Well the puff was getting in the way so it had to go. 

[gofightwin]

Sabates has a net worth of 200 million.  Even if he cashed in all his chips, he still doesn't have enough for even a 10% stake.  Why does his name keep coming up?  Mostly because he likes to keep his name in the news. 

[Woodie]

2 hours ago, gofightwin said:

Sabates has a net worth of 200 million.  Even if he cashed in all his chips, he still doesn't have enough for even a 10% stake.  Why does his name keep coming up?  Mostly because he likes to keep his name in the news. 

He's a mouthpiece.

[LinvilleGorge]

3 hours ago, Sam Mills Fan said:

By the way, I would go for the Sabates/Muhammad/Curry group, but a "group" makes me a little nervous. That makes me think of Derek Jeter and the Marlins and we've seen how much of a clusterf that has become.

How many people have $2B+ in liquid assets? Now how many of those people are interested in potentially buying an NFL team? You're left with a list that may be down to zero. It's almost certainly going to be a group.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

screw it, give me eddie debartolo

he'd probably never get approved and all 31 other franchises would cry and whine about it but he loves football, wants to win, and is willing to spend a ton of money to do it

[Wanderlai]

I want the new owner to be a multi billionaire not some consortium of multimillionaires. 

[Panthercougar68]

The DeBartolo thing...would anyone else be worried he’d be stuck in the past just like we complain about now?

 

things have changed since the 90s...Jerry Jones won a bunch a Super Bowls  before but look at them now....

[joemac]

4 hours ago, Sam Mills Fan said:

By the way, I would go for the Sabates/Muhammad/Curry group, but a "group" makes me a little nervous. That makes me think of Derek Jeter and the Marlins and we've seen how much of a clusterf that has become.

So yeah, let me get this straight. Derek Jeter, Hall of Fame Yankees shortstop, buys the Miami Marlins - and then first thing he does is immediately trade maybe the best power hitter in a generation (and Miami's only good player) right to the Yankees? WTF Jeter?