Gantt believes the league will force a sale to Tepper

[Mr. Scot]

Listening to WFNZ while taking my wife to a doctor's appointment. They interviewed Joe Person about Peyton Manning and Darin Gantt talked with Chris Kroeger about it afterwards.

Two things stood out:

First off, Person characterizes the sale as down to a "two horse race" between Navarro and Tepper. People who were turned off by the Kestenbaum profile will probably be happy to hear that.

The bigger story, though? Gantt says the reason for the holdup is that the league is trying to force Jerry Richardson to sell to David Tepper, and they're using the investigation as leverage.

Gantt further stated that Navarro's overtures to Peyton Manning are a "Hail Mary" desperation attempt to get the league's approval. Both he and Kroeger also theorized that Mark Richardson was speaking for his father when he stated his preference for Ben Navarro.

But even so, Gantt says he's seen nothing over the last several weeks to indicate that this story is going to end in anyting but a sale to David Tepper.

The league apparently wants Tepper that badly.

[PantherBrew]

Well, that is collusion too.

[La Pantera]

Sounds like Teller will be the new owner then. The league has the leverage.

[Jon Snow]

El oh El.   Can this get any crazier?   Looks like old Jerry doesn't have the favor of the league anymore.  All those years protecting the "shield" won't even allow him to sell to the highest bidder.  Talk about a fall from Grace.

[Mr. Scot]

6 minutes ago, PantherBrew said:

Well, that is collusion too.

I haven't really had anything against Tepper to this point, but this is bulls--t.

[Arroz con Panther]

I couldn't understand a damn thing that Joe was saying. Sounded like he had a towel between his mouth and his phone.

[NJPanthers12]

9 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I haven't really had anything against Tepper to this point, but this is bulls--t.

My number 1 choice was Rubin, but obviously that ship has sailed. When it comes to Navarro or Tepper, it is a coin flip to me. I would be fine with either, so my comments have nothing against Navarro. But I think the league should have say here. This isn't just a normal sale of a team. In reality Jerry is being forced out and should be stripped of his rights. If the bids are similar then i think the NFL has the right to get involved here.

now the reason they prefer tepper over Navarro is a different story completely. 

[t96]

14 minutes ago, La Pantera said:

Sounds like Teller will be the new owner then. The league has the leverage.

No they don’t 

[Tbe]

If the difference in price is hundreds of millions then this could end up in the courts. Provided Jerry wants to fight it.

[countryboi]

why does the league have such a hard on for Tepper? I know he was already vetted but what other than that makes him better?

[PantherBrew]

16 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I haven't really had anything against Tepper to this point, but this is bulls--t.

They shouldn't describe it as a "sale", sale implies that it is an auction to the highest bidder. 

 

They should say, whoever we invite to the club that can afford it. 

[Nails]

5 minutes ago, countryboi said:

why does the league have such a hard on for Tepper? I know he was already vetted but what other than that makes him better?

Why ask why?  You are the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, NC-you will eat $hit and LIKE IT.

[MechaZain]

4 minutes ago, countryboi said:

why does the league have such a hard on for Tepper? I know he was already vetted but what other than that makes him better?

That's it. Rich people making a profit prefer to keep it that way. Tepper's already in the club and Navarro's an unknown. 

[Adb6368]

24 minutes ago, La Pantera said:

Sounds like Teller will be the new owner then. The league has the leverage.

How so? My guess would be that JR has all the leverage. His rep is already trash and the only thing the league can do in the case that he picks Navarro is vote against him becoming owner. 

For a league with more bad PR right now than maybe anytime in it’s history, do they really want to vote against a guy from the teams state that spends millions helping educate kids. Would that really be a good look?