Hedge fund manager and Steelers minority owner David Tepper is finalizing details to buy the Panthers for a record $2.2 billion cash, as NBC Charlotte first reported on Monday.
It’s the highest an NFL franchise has gone for, after the Buffalo Bills sold for $1.4 billion in 2014, and it ties the record price a sports franchise sold for when the Houston Rockets went for $2.2 billion. Click here for more details from News 2