Jonathan Jones predicts the Panthers will be bought by someone out of town...

[Mr. Scot]

...and outside the sports world.

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Someone outside of the sports world buys the Carolina Panthers

Everyone in Charlotte thinks either some NASCAR team owner or local business leader will buy the Panthers, keep them in Charlotte and everything will forever and always be the same. I find that difficult to believe, because that ignores the fact that there are extremely wealthy people in this country who would love to own an NFL team simply so they can boast that they own an NFL team. Why won’t some hedge fund manager in New York, who’s liquid enough to run for political office and win, decide he’d rather have a shiny NFL toy? What about a co-founder of some tech company in Silicon Valley? You need to be able to write a check for $600 million on the spot to even be considered a controlling owner of an NFL team. The pool of people like that in this country is small, and it consists mostly of people of whom you’ve never heard.

Predictions for 2018

That it would be someone outside the sports world isn't exactly a huge leap.  Most team purchases aren't done by established sports personalities.  They don't have the kind of money to do something like this.

His first line probably isn't gonna make people very happy though.

[Pimpdaddy]

he really went out on a limb there...speculation..

[bewonee]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

...and outside the sports world.

Predictions for 2018

That it would be someone outside the sports world isn't exactly a huge leap.  Most team purchases aren't done by established sports personalities.  They don't have the kind of money to do something like this.

His first line probably isn't gonna make people very happy though.

>outside the sports world

 

fug, so no Eddie D? That's a bummer. Hope whoever it is doesn't meddle without knowing what they aren't doing ala Jimmy Haslam.

[Jangler]

Wouldn't bother me one bit, as long it's somebody that understands winning makes money, well, more money.

[TheSpecialJuan]

interesting....

[bewonee]

Certainly sucks that a few good candidates are kill, but on the bright side, this should mean no Brian France right?

[countryboi]

I thought this story was going to be something different, it just turned out to be shitty long shot guess. 

[Mr. Scot]

21 minutes ago, Pimpdaddy said:

he really went out on a limb there...speculation..

Pretty much.

He has a valid point about it not being a sports person, but outside of Jerry Richardson I can't honestly recall an athlete buying a sports team (Walter Payton was involved in an expansion effort in 95 but it failed) so that's not exactly a "bold prediction".

An out of towner?  Well, from what we've heard so far, four of the siz or so identified groups are from out of town.

As far as the moving stuff, I don't believe the Panthers will move.  I do, however, see the possibility of a move being threatened to try and get a new stadium.  Sabates has all but promised that, and I don't believe he'll be the only one with that line of thinking.

[Toker Smurf]

34 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

interesting....

Fug you 

[acaffey]

Thanks for the prediction Jonathan.  

[Ace_Aladdin]

48 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

...and outside the sports world.

Predictions for 2018

That it would be someone outside the sports world isn't exactly a huge leap.  Most team purchases aren't done by established sports personalities.  They don't have the kind of money to do something like this.

His first line probably isn't gonna make people very happy though.

Jeff Bezos of Amazon per internet source.

[maddog1945]

And Jonathan Jones is who???

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, maddog1945 said:

And Jonathan Jones is who???

Quite possibly the guy who started the investigation into Jerry Richardson's sexual harassment issues.

[WOW!!]

Only problem is outsiders usually have a problem getting by the old boys club... 

Asked Mark Cuban...