Panthers founder Jerry Richardson passes away at 86

[cookinwithgas]

[Cdparr7]

Damn, just before blue jean Friday.

[Jon Snow]

RIP Big Cat.

[jb2288]

why not just unlock the original thread where OP was correct and had it first? sketchy... @Mr. Scot

[NanuqoftheNorth]

33 minutes ago, TLGPanthersFan said:

Without him we wouldn’t have the Panthers. Despite how badly it ended I am thankful to him for that. 

Some may recall that Charlotte was considered a dark horse in the race between 4 cities for two NFL franchises.  JR's highly professional presentation to the NFL Expansion Committee blew away the competition. 

Also, JR assembled some of the most highly respected NFL executives/coaches to ready the Panthers for their inaugural season.  The Panthers were playing for the NFC Championship in year two of their existence.   Total class act.

The rest is history.

RIP JR

Edited March 2, 2023 by NanuqoftheNorth

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

Whatever happened to that wild statue in front of BoA?

[NanuqoftheNorth]

[Happy Panther]

6 minutes ago, Sean Payton's Vicodin said:

Whatever happened to that wild statue in front of BoA?

Tepper took it down after Richardson's workplace harassment issues. In the name of public safety.

[3838]

[electro's horse]

17 minutes ago, NanuqoftheNorth said:

Also, JR assembled some of the most highly respected NFL executives/coaches to ready the Panthers for their inaugural season.  The Panthers were playing for the NFC Championship in year two of their existence. 

And then didn't have another winning season for seven years. 

Constant internal power squabbles, drove his own family out of the business, sexually assaulted everything that moved, infatuated with Marty Hurney, nuked his own team to make a point to the Players Union, took a heart transplant from someone who wasn't a piece of poo. 

Good riddance  

[beo]

Rest easy big cat, you'll always be a Carolina legend.

[PantherFanInPhilly]

RIP Big Cat

[Mr. Scot]

 

[PanthersATL]

56 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Message from the Teppers

Technically, it was October 1993.  Took two years to put the team on the field.