On Wednesday morning, the Carolina Panthers announced some huge changes to how (and where) they’ll be preparing starting next season. Among the developments is the end of the road to Spartanburg, S.C.—as the team will no longer hold training camp at Wofford College.
Wofford, the alma mater of team founder and previous owner Jerry Richardson, hosted the Panthers for their annual summer workouts since their inception. But that run will come to an end, as the team will stick around in Charlotte starting in 2024.
Here’s how the fan base is reacting to the news:
It’s the Charlotte Panthers now.
Yall won.
— Unnecessary Bluntness Owner/Coach/QB (@DuncOnDemand) December 6, 2023
Change the logo. Don’t need to include SC in the shape of the #Panthers. pic.twitter.com/vI36fcdSbS
— Unnecessary Bluntness Owner/Coach/QB (@DuncOnDemand) December 6, 2023
Really does suck for the fans of the team in South Carolina. That two states one team mantra is just a ploy for ratings and $$$ https://t.co/quVQW6kSih
— Not Chris Tabor (@NotChrisTabor) December 6, 2023
— Michael Rimmer (@avl_mike) December 6, 2023
David Tepper is on a generational tear down right now https://t.co/hyTwyDr3Xv
— The 4 Man Rush (@4ourmanrush) December 6, 2023
https://t.co/7tmduuCn0V pic.twitter.com/CNdPsHmXLt
— Koonce (@KO0nce) December 6, 2023
Panthers needed to deflect news somehow with that Athletic report coming out. 😂😂😂
— Panthers On Tap (@PanthersOnTap) December 6, 2023
Wofford had a good run https://t.co/BGvPfNDa7n pic.twitter.com/Nx60MDI09E
— O (@AhnRee__) December 6, 2023
It was a good run panthers nation . Next stop #DUUUVAL https://t.co/dqnEwVWVk6 pic.twitter.com/AJofdM95R1
— LilRocketNasa🚀 (@lilrocketnasa) December 6, 2023
Still have my football signed by Peppers. Smith, Delhomme and the gang from Wofford when I was a kid. Sad day today for the Panthers. https://t.co/xbO8sNbSyu
— Bowen Smith (@bosmitty18) December 6, 2023
i will definitely not miss wofford for training camp
— 🇮🇪🃏🇭🇹 (@jrloading) December 6, 2023
Pretty happy about training camp being moved to Charlotte. Hated that drive to Wofford and was only able to attend one or two practices a year. This will make it much easier to get to camp. Feel bad for Wofford but that was a Richardson thing and Tepper has no ties there.
— MeowMix: A Carolina Panthers Podcast (@MeowMixPodcast) December 6, 2023
I mean, Wofford was Jerry Richardson’s alma mater and it would have changed anyways if the Rock Hill facility was ever completed https://t.co/rIDWUrACQ5
— Fire Scott Fitterer (@jb_inNC) December 6, 2023
Thought we would’ve left Wofford sooner since we were getting rid of everything Jerry Richardson related https://t.co/dCz8LorUt1
— S.o.G. (@CasinoHussle) December 6, 2023
