There's a reason Esports is taking off (and with big money involved).

North America alone had revenues of 257 million in 2017 - with expected doubling of that figure to 607 million by 2020.

Interesting info on this: https://newzoo.com/insights/articles...llion-in-2017/

As much as I try I just cant seem to give a shit over who buys the Carolina Panthers.

He was picked because he didn't need partners to buy the team. Don't be ****ing stupid which is hard for you.

With sports gambling becoming legalized.. I'd say the NFL is safe for the foreseeable future.

There are some bright forward thinkers looking ahead and they know it's certain death, gambling will greatly reduce the chances of that or at least prolong it.

Navarro offered more money. He is from the Carolinas. His dad was a football coach.

Tepper was the choice because he's a rooney guy. And they knew the owners would approve of it quickly. Even though he's not local and is a diehard fan of a different team.

Sorry to burst your contrarian bubble. This was a safe move by owners who wanted another owner to join their groupthink circle jerk.

You are so ****ing stupid it hurts. Navarro didn't have the cash. Bottom line you moron.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/s...id-tepper.html

Rubin was told $2.5b minimum which is a $300k premium over Teppers offer. Navarro is being blamed for not being able to raise cash even though he offered $400k above Teppers offer. Thats considering that navarro should get the team for cheaper since hes local and likely much more passionate about the teams success. It's great that all of a sudden raising cash is a red flag, meanwhile Jimmy haslem flew through the vetting process while running a completely corrupt business. Oh wait... Haslem was ALSO a rooney guy, minority steelers owner who the owners knew. Hmmm.......

Tepper was sold to because the owners knew him and vetted him. Because Richardson likes rooney. Tepper isn't local. He's a diehard steelers fan. He may be the richest and offered the most cash, but he didn't even put in the highest bid. If I'm a panthers fan I'd want a guy whose local and roots for my team,especially knowing there are plenty of more than competitive offers. I know, what a weird wish list. Damn obvious the league was in the can for Tepper because hes an inner circle guy.

I wonder if he will keep the uniforms?

Sure is. I know a bubble when I see one. Good for Richardson.

Some interesting posts in this thread.

I heard on the radio recently that viewership of video game competition is higher than the NFL by a wide margin now.

Holy crap, what have we done?

Fixed

Pretty much everywhere on Twitter that this move was made because he was already a part owner and the other owners knew him. Every insider is saying this.

Also, Ben navarro met league financing requirements.

This was a croney move by the ownership inner circle. Plain and simple. It's not a bad move. But it's indicative of why the NFL is stuck.