
Sean Payton is far and away the most qualified candidate in the Carolina Panthers’ search for a new head coach. So owner David Tepper, being the seasoned and successful businessman that he is, knows he’ll have to pony up.
And according to Mark Maske of The Washington Post, that’s exactly what the billionaire is prepared to do. On Wednesday—about 48 hours ahead of Payton and Tepper’s meeting in Manhattan—Maske provided us with this interesting, yet pretty unsurprising little nugget.