NFL spokesman Joe Lockhart told reporters on Thursday that the NFL did not pressure Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson to put the team up for sale in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against him.
Lockhart noted that Richardson "came to the conclusion over that weekend that putting his team up for sale was what he wanted to do," per the Associated Press. "We found out about it shortly before the announcement came out."
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