CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The new owner of the Carolina Panthers, David Tepper, won't be like Jerry Richardson.
Richardson is selling the team he founded to Tepper, a hedge fund billionaire, for $2.2 billion. Tepper likely will be more visible and accessible than Richardson, who put the team on the market amidst an NFL investigation for alleged sexual and racial workplace misconduct.
Richardson hasn't granted interviews in more than five years. Tepper, who grew up in Pittsburgh, recently called two news organizations that reported he was out of the running for the Panthers to tell them they were wrong.