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New Panthers owner David Tepper is not a fan of Donald Trump
Yahoo Sports ^ | May 15, 2018 | Frank Scwabb

Posted on 05/15/2018 3:20:03 PM PDT by EdnaMode

While NFL owners seemed paralyzed by fear last year over what Donald Trump might tweet about them next, the man buying the Carolina Panthers might enjoy that fight.

Hedge fund manager David Tepper will buy the Panthers on Tuesday, according to reports, for $2.2 billion. While most new NFL owners aren’t all that notable, Tepper is because of his opposition to the president. Trump and the NFL waged a bit of a silly war last season, with Trump grandstanding on the national anthem issue and the owners strangely worried about avoiding any more of his criticism.

In November of 2016, just before the presidential election, Tepper ripped Trump on CNBC. He specifically seemed upset at Trump’s lack of charitable giving, which he had bragged about.

“During Sandy, the big Sandy benefit, the big 9/11 benefit, not one dime. Not one dime! You can’t tell me this is a charitable, generous person,” Tepper said on CNBC, which wrote that his voice was rising to a scream as he ranted about Trump.

“Trump masquerades as an angel of light, but he is the father of lies.” Tepper isn’t necessarily a Democrat — the Charlotte Observer wrote that he said he planned to vote for Hillary Clinton in the presidential election but Republicans for Congress because he supported their financial platform — but he clearly doesn’t align with Trump. That didn’t seem to change after the election.

SI.com pointed out that Tepper didn’t run recently from another inflammatory comment he made about Trump before the election, when he called him a “demented, narcissistic scumbag.” He brought up those comments in a speech last month, SI.com said.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: carolina; carolinapanthers; davidtepper; football; nfl; nofansleft; notforlong; tds; tepper; trump
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To: Alberta's Child

Wow what an elitist hypocrite he is. It’s always rich liberals who hate paying taxes.


21 posted on 05/15/2018 4:25:34 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

While screaming for higher taxes on all.


22 posted on 05/15/2018 4:27:22 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Stop the Mueller Gestapo. Free the Donald!)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

Exactly.


23 posted on 05/15/2018 4:33:07 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

Everytime I see the comments of @sshats like this confirms my resolve to avoid the NFL at all costs and never buy their garbage.


24 posted on 05/15/2018 4:54:09 PM PDT by Lent
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To: Rebelbase

oh, since the 2008 anti American democratic convention was held there in Charlotte, NC anointing the loser one, nobama, and then they left not paying off the local power utility Duke Energy, they also left behind 10s of thousand of LGPQAYSNDRS types that have taken over that whole area and much of the state politics and were greatly responsible for creating issues that defeated the incumbent GOP Gov in 2016!


25 posted on 05/15/2018 5:11:21 PM PDT by ldish (Have had enough...you??????)
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To: EdnaMode
The DB:


26 posted on 05/15/2018 5:30:10 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: EdnaMode

WTFC! Now have more reasons to dislike the Panthers...


27 posted on 05/15/2018 5:48:20 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: EdnaMode

“demented, narcissistic scumbag.”

He was looking in the mirror when he said this. How I long for the extermination of these leftist.


28 posted on 05/15/2018 5:57:14 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: EdnaMode

I wonder if any of these Marxist State Media geniuses asked Trump if he was a fan of Tepper?


29 posted on 05/15/2018 6:03:53 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: EdnaMode

Let’s see, if you are a liberal who hates Trump, you are allowed to buy a team, if you are a CONSERVATIVE radio host they don’t want you...I get it...


30 posted on 05/15/2018 6:11:49 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: detective
The $2.2 billion he paid for the Panthers was a huge mistake.

NFL attendance and TV ratings are down.

In five years the team will be worth maybe $1.5 billion.

Hate to break this to you but his team just jumped in value by 80-90% yesterday with the ruling that allows states to legalize gambling. Each league is going to get a "taste" or "vig" for each bet placed on sports books.

The TV ratings might not rise but the amount of money made on gambling will more than offset the losses.

31 posted on 05/15/2018 6:23:31 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (2 Timothy 4:7 deo duce ferro comitante)
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To: EdnaMode

He paid way too much money.


32 posted on 05/15/2018 6:36:26 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: EdnaMode

Here’s hoping for a lousy season for the Pink Panthers.


33 posted on 05/15/2018 6:44:22 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: EdnaMode
The nfl is dead to us.

I hope this anti-American owner and the Panthers enjoy loosing hundreds of millions of dollars and playing to an empty stadium all season long.

Don't you find it incredible that these foolish nfl owners and players habitually spit and piss on the overwhelming majority of their own, now former fan base and still expect them to follow THEM, attend their "games" and spend their hard earned money on the very people who literally HATE them, their values and the country that has given them this unparalleled opportunity?

It is nothing short of astounding how completely out of touch they are.

34 posted on 05/15/2018 7:14:47 PM PDT by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Exactly, why Rush might do something to defame the game. /s


35 posted on 05/15/2018 8:05:43 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: Dick Vomer

Las Vegas sport books don’t pay the NFL.

Why pay NFL teams to gamble?


36 posted on 05/15/2018 8:28:19 PM PDT by detective
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To: detective

The NBA wants a 1% integrity fee in order to monitor games, betting and results. Someone estimated that would be about $2 billion


37 posted on 05/16/2018 1:57:57 AM PDT by Dick Vomer (2 Timothy 4:7 deo duce ferro comitante)
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To: Dick Vomer

“The NBA wants” meaning they are not currently paid anything.

The NFL is also not currently paid anything.

Why should anyone pay the NFL to bet on Football games?


38 posted on 05/16/2018 2:20:18 AM PDT by detective
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To: detective

Here ya go

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/22198782/nba-outlines-plan-professional-sports-leagues-pushing-national-legalized-wagering


39 posted on 05/16/2018 5:07:32 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (2 Timothy 4:7 deo duce ferro comitante)
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