NFL seals Panthers sale with approval – Punch Newspapers

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Billionaire hedge fund manager David Tepper’s acquisition of the Carolina Panthers was completed on Tuesday after the deal was unanimously approved by National Football League owners meeting in Atlanta.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the league’s finance committee and team owners had given blanket approval to the sale, worth a reported $2.2 billion (1.87 billion euros).

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“The first thing I care about is winning,” Tepper said at a press conference after being introduced by Goodell. “The second thing I care about is winning. The third thing I care about is winning — on and off the field.”

The reported $2.2 billion sale price of the team is $800 million more than the previous record figure for an NFL team, the $1.4 billion raised in the sale of the Buffalo Bills in 2014.

The Panthers’ long-time owner Jerry…



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