At some point before the start of the 2018 season, a new owner or ownership group will likely purchase the Carolina Panthers from disgraced owner Jerry Richardson. And while, like everything else in sports now, it will be a calculated and cold business decision based on future profits, there will be someone forking over millions (possibly billions) of dollars who will ask a simple question.
What type of team am I buying, anyway?
It’s an interesting thought following Carolina’s spirited, 31-26 loss to the Saints in Sunday’s wild-card round. The Panthers have made the playoffs in four of the seven years of the Cam Newton/Ron Rivera era.