It may be beneficial for the Carolina Panthers to keep team owner David Tepper out of the spotlight in order to support their efforts to secure public funding to pay for Bank of America Stadium improvements, according to Scott Fowler of the Charlotte Observer.
“It has been wise for Tepper to stay in the background and let the executive team directly under him be the faces of this proposal,” Fowler wrote on Saturday. “Tepper has received a lot of advise, especially from this corner, to avoid becoming involved in conflicts more frequently because doing so has damaged his reputation and damaged his self-esteem in Charlotte on multiple occasions. Allow GMs to draft and coaches to coach. Give the stadium agreement to the team executives. Right now, he’s executing all of those actions.
Early in June, the Panthers announced their intentions, which will cost the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, a total of $650 million. Tepper Sports & Entertainment, which has already committed $117 million to the project, has promised an additional $571 million.
Building a level of goodwill can be quite beneficial when pursuing an endeavour of this magnitude, which involves over $500 billion in public funds.
Regretfully, Tepper has typically acted in the opposite way. So far, the owner has been the unifying denominator in the Panthers’ disarray on the pitch. His April conversation with staff members at a nearby restaurant on a statement on the business’s sign served as a metaphor for how he seems to take offence at even little criticism as well
