Ian Rapoport: David Tepper Wants To Keep The Panthers In Charlotte

[bobsfoodbasics]

1 minute ago, Sam Mills Fan said:

But it's also a guy so stingy with his money that he was excited to turn 60 so he could start getting senior discounts at restaurants.

that was kestenbaum not tepper

[Sam Mills Fan]

1 minute ago, bobsfoodbasics said:

that was kestenbaum not tepper

Thanks. Fact remains that Tepper is supposed to be notoriously tight with his money.

[Mr. Scot]

7 minutes ago, bobsfoodbasics said:

that was kestenbaum not tepper

No, that was Tepper.

Felix Sabates told the story.

[CarolinaSamurai]

I would love a combined sale post. Too many similar posts on the exact same topic 

[PanthersBigD]

Who cares about any of this? None of us can affect the sale in any way. Worrying about it is pointless. 

[Carolina-Chuck18]

Key word “WANTS”........

 

[Nails]

26 minutes ago, PurityControl said:

Still the best bargaining chip in the NFL “Threaten to Move the Team”

& milk the city for everything you want.

San Antonio, London, Portland

Scare em & Milk em

 

 

1) Broke city and the owners aren’t allowing 3 teams in Texas

2) Not moving from a 2 hour or less flight from 60% of the US population to London

3) Can’t walk a city block without stumbling over feces and homeless in Portland-they are NOT paying $1.5 billion for a stadium-nor do the FOUR million people in Oregon care more about football than the FIFTEEN million do in the Carolinas.

[PurityControl]

1 minute ago, Nails said:

1) Broke city and the owners aren’t allowing 3 teams in Texas

2) Not moving from a 2 hour or less flight from 60% of the US population to London

3) Can’t walk a city block without stumbling over feces and homeless in Portland-they are NOT paying $1.5 billion for a stadium-nor do the FOUR million people in Oregon care more about football than the FIFTEEN million do in the Carolinas.

Those were loose examples not literal.

The point is there will always be a “CITY” to step up and say we’ll give you want you want come here.  

 

[Carl Spackler]

Can we get an actual quote to prove this early-and-largely-useless claim? I respect Rapoport but I haven't read or seen him say this. 

[ickmule]

7 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

Can we get an actual quote to prove this early-and-largely-useless claim? I respect Rapoport but I haven't read or seen him say this. 

Not looking for it, but he tweeted it. 

[Nails]

15 minutes ago, PurityControl said:

Those were loose examples not literal.

The point is there will always be a “CITY” to step up and say we’ll give you want you want come here.  

 

No there won’t.  No city in the short/medium term is forking out what it would take.  No way.

[Mr. Scot]

18 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

Can we get an actual quote to prove this early-and-largely-useless claim? I respect Rapoport but I haven't read or seen him say this. 

Also, this from the linked article by Kevin Patra...

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Along with the league's familiarity with the hedge fund manager, his plans to keep the Panthers in Charlotte are key. Rapoport reported Tepper believes in the market, per sources familiar with his thinking.

 

[Cyberjag]

48 minutes ago, ickmule said:

Just heard on WFNZ that there will be a clause that if he moves the team he will have to pay 200 to 300 million to the city or something.   To a guy paying 2 billion for a team, that’s nothing.  Don’t hedge your bets that the team won’t move at some point.  I’ve pretty much checked out of the NFL and this team so I really don’t care one way or the other.  It’s a crap shoot if he or Vavarro will be a good owner.   Only time will tell.  

Nothing personal, but why are you here?

BTW, I did that with Baseball and then the NBA.  Got a lot of time back, and if the team moves I'll get even more...

[Carl Spackler]

6 minutes ago, ickmule said:

Not looking for it, but he tweeted it. 

I know, I mean the actual quote of Tepper saying it. That said, it's still absolutely nothing more than lip service to people who have any remote knowledge of NFL franchise acquisitions.