The statue of Carolina Panthers original owner and founder Jerry Richardson that stood at Bank of America stadium’s North gate has been removed and reportedly won’t ever be back, leaving behind a giant footprint and open area that could be the site of a new fixture. Most fans considered the statue depicting Richardson flanked by two panthers representing the offense and defense to be kind of ugly. I agree with that sentiment, and I find it difficult to believe that any statue depicting actual Panthers will be done as well as the original two cats sitting outside the stadium’s east gate.