Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper hasn’t gotten to where he is by being a bad businessman. And although his major foray into football hasn’t gone that well—at least as far as the on-field product is concerned—he won’t start making bad business decisions now.
This past week, Mike Sando of The Athletic revealed the thoughts of numerous league executives regarding this offseason’s particularly dramatic activity. One official—in speaking about the Panthers—believes that despite head coach Matt Rhule’s czar-like influence, Tepper won’t allow a pressure-filled 2022 campaign derail the franchise’s future.
“I don’t see Tepper giving Rhule the authority to mortgage the future of the team for his own sake,” an exec said.
