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May 15, 2018
Steelers Minority Owner Set to Buy Carolina Panthers: The Carolina Panthers are going to have a new owner in the coming days/weeks, as CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora reported on Friday. David Tepper, a billionaire hedge-fund manager and a Steelers minority owner, is set to purchase the team.
The price is set at $2.2 billion, which is less than the $3 billion price tag that present owner Jerry Richardson wanted on the NFL franchise. It is, however, significantly more than the last NFL franchise purchase of $1.1 billion, which was the sale of the Buffalo Bills back in 2014.
The sale is pending a vote among the present NFL franchise owners, which is probably a mere formality.
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Tepper has stockpiled some verbal ammo, but Trump has what could be a multi-capacity all-purpose weapon: "Get that son of a bitch off the field...".
posted by beaverboard at 01:44 PM on May 16, 2018
And, uh, I don't think the battle between Trump and the NFL is about to completely go away.