Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson said he would sell the team just hours after the N.F.L. launched an investigation into allegations he had committed “workplace misconduct.”
In a statement, Richardson said he would sell the team after the season, and not entertain any inquiries before the last game has been played. Richardson made no reference to the allegations against him or the league’s investigation into those claims, which has not officially begun.
Richardson’s decision represented a swift fall for one of the N.F.L.’s most powerful owners. At 81, he is the club’s only owner, having bought the franchise when it was created in 1993.