Upsides and downsides of new ownership candidates

[Mr. Scot]

38 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

On a tangent....has any new owner moved a team? Seems it's always the long standing ones who do. While we are on the topic of anyone who purchases a team wants to move it to their hometown or home of the most recent steel company their private equity firm invested in.

Stan Kroenke bought full ownership of the Rams in 2010 and moved them 7 years later.

Mark Davis also, if you count him as new.

[CKI]

1 hour ago, trueblade said:

All of these same things could have and were probably said of Jimmy Haslam before he bought the Browns. It didn't exactly translate to success.

#TeamNavarro  #charlestonStrong. I actually wouldn't be opposed to moving to the team out of Charlotte as long as it stayed in the Carolinas. The tri-county area (Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester) is only a little bit smaller than Charlotte (~700k versus ~820k).

LOL ok

[ladypanther]

So...if the new owner is approved at the May meetings....when does he actually become the owner?

[Neylus]

Talking out of my arse here but here’s my knee jerk reactions.

Tepper - Big fear he’s too much of a Steelers homer to ever put the Panthers above them, that’s pretty scary. 

Navarro - Can’t beat local ownership. 

[Mr. Scot]

11 minutes ago, ladypanther said:

So...if the new owner is approved at the May meetings....when does he actually become the owner?

As soon as the vote is completed.

 

10 minutes ago, Neylus said:

Talking out of my arse here but here’s my knee jerk reactions.

Tepper - Big fear he’s too much of a Steelers homer to ever put the Panthers above them, that’s pretty scary. 

Navarro - Can’t beat local ownership. 

Nobody who spends two billion plus on an NFL team is gonna sit there and watch them lose.

[Mr. Scot]

 

 

[MikeD83]

33 minutes ago, Neylus said:

Talking out of my arse here but here’s my knee jerk reactions.

Tepper - Big fear he’s too much of a Steelers homer to ever put the Panthers above them, that’s pretty scary. 

Navarro - Can’t beat local ownership. 

I prefer Navarro also, but allegiances will change pretty quickly when 2.5 billion dollars get involved.

[CKI]

Is anyone else worried about Tepper being really stingy with the team?

All indications are that he is fairly frugal with investments (a huge reason for why he made so much money) but when it comes to an NFL franchise, are we going to be complaining about him the same way we complained about Jerry not wanting to spend money?  I could see him wanting to milk the City for every dollar he can get for renovations

[Neylus]

Nobody who spends two billion plus on an NFL team is gonna sit there and watch them lose.

@Mr. Scot

Under most circumstances I would agree with that. We all know Steelers fans are some of the most hardened fans in the NFL. Tepper grew up just outside Pittsburgh, and well you know the rest. Just uncomfortable with the idea that the owner would have us as his #2 team.

The NFL is littered with teams that are frustratingly operated as extremely lucrative investments - doing just enough to get by. That 2.5 billion is a fantastic investment, win or lose.

 

 

 

[trueblade]

1 hour ago, bull123 said:

CLT has over 2.4 ml in the area...that 820k is just CLT proper

 

Wow, I didn't realize it was that big.

[pnthrs]

3 hours ago, trueblade said:

All of these same things could have and were probably said of Jimmy Haslam before he bought the Browns. It didn't exactly translate to success.

#TeamNavarro  #charlestonStrong. I actually wouldn't be opposed to moving to the team out of Charlotte as long as it stayed in the Carolinas. The tri-county area (Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester) is only a little bit smaller than Charlotte (~700k versus ~820k).

Charleston is my favorite city in the Carolinas but something more central makes more sense. Raleigh or even Greenville. I’m against it leaving Charlotte. 

 

Also not in love with the use of #charlestonstrong here. That’s a really strong hash tag for some really bad stuff Charleston went through and can over come. Using it for a slogan for the city to get an nfl team feels like it cheapens the strength of the message. 

[t96]

8 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

I don't really see moving the team as a realistic option.

New stadium? Maybe.

A new stadium would surely not be in Charlotte.

[WarHeel]

I’m not sure that leaving things in place instead of overhauling would be considered a con. Not everything needs tinkering. I would argue not much needs tinkering.

[Davidson Deac II]

1 hour ago, thomas96 said:

A new stadium would surely not be in Charlotte.

If they put it just outside Charlotte, say around Carowinds, I know that would technically be a move, but I don't think that is what most people mean when they are worried about moving the team.