Ex-NFL owner Jerry Richardson -- the founder of the Carolina Panthers -- has died.
"Jerry Richardson's contributions to professional football in the Carolinas are historic," Tepper said after learning the news of his death on Thursday."With the arrival of the Panthers in 1995, he changed the landscape of sports in the region and gave the NFL fans a team to call their own.''
Tepper added,"He was incredibly gracious to me when I purchased the team, and for that I am thankful."The Panthers made the playoffs eight times under Richardson's watch, making two Super Bowl appearances. His tenure, however, was not without controversy. He was accused of sexually harassing female staffers and using racist language while running the team.
The league investigated the claims, and in 2018 -- just before he sold the franchise to Tepper -- he was hit with a
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