Tepper wants us to fail...

[PhillyB]

Just now, hepcat said:

central texas is ripe for a team. just wait. 

he's not ditching a built in fanbase with phenomenal infrastructure 

[Panthro]

3 minutes ago, hepcat said:

central texas is ripe for a team. just wait. 

Right there between Austin and San Antonio

[Chaos]

12 minutes ago, Tbe said:

What does he do with this?

 

Make it an Aldi's?

[Carl Spackler]

I mean, if the NFL would give Charlotte an expansion team and have Ben Navarro own it, I'm fine with sending the Panthers to St. Louis, Portland, Texas, Toronto or London.

[hepcat]

Just now, PhillyB said:

he's not ditching a built in fanbase with phenomenal infrastructure 

panthers have one of the most fairweather fanbases in the NFL. I don't think Panthers fans will stick around for a decade of futility. In 2026 the stadium will be 30 years old and is already one of the oldest in the NFL. If this team continues down the road they're going I think it becomes a real conversation to move the team. 

[travisura]

3 minutes ago, hepcat said:

central texas is ripe for a team. just wait. 

So what happens if Tepper does move the team there? Is he going to move again when he inevitably alienates those fans too? What's the endgame outside of "build an actual winning franchise"?

[hepcat]

2 minutes ago, Panthro said:

Right there between Austin and San Antonio

Yep I totally imagine a stadium being build in New Braunfels and a train being built between Austin and SA. They added games to add teams. 

[Carl Spackler]

1 minute ago, hepcat said:

panthers have one of the most fairweather fanbases in the NFL. I don't think Panthers fans will stick around for a decade of futility. In 2026 the stadium will be 30 years old and is already one of the oldest in the NFL. If this team continues down the road they're going I think it becomes a real conversation to move the team. 

There's no chance that either 1995 expansion team is in its first city by 2030. 

[Tbe]

6 minutes ago, hepcat said:

central texas is ripe for a team. just wait. 

Yeah, Jerry would definitely vote for that.

[hepcat]

Just now, Carl Spackler said:

There's no chance that either 1995 expansion team is in its first city by 2030. 

Jacksonville definitely has the higher chance of moving but the Panthers are not out of the question. 

[Panthro]

2 minutes ago, jackson113 said:

He's moving to Gastonia?

We can ride the Trolley!

[hepcat]

1 minute ago, Tbe said:

Yeah, Jerry would definitely vote for that.

I don't imagine him being alive long enough to stop it from happening. The SA and ATX region has like 5m people. 

[Snake]

Where SC? It's not like there is much more popular right now than the Queen City. 

[Waldo]

I don't think he is even skilled enough to pull that off from a football perspective. He is just another 'football stupid' owner playing with his toy that makes money regardless. We won't be anywhere near successful until he gets tired of all of the failure and hands it off to someone else to run it for him, even then I am not very optimistic.

Now when the area tells him to stick his new stadium up his bum that is what I am waiting to see. At least there is something to look forward too that is Panthers related.