There were big changes promised when David Tepper bought the Carolina Panthers this summer. Most of them were going to be behind the scenes — cultural changes that wouldn’t affect the product on the field. There is one cultural change, however, that many fans hoped would occur and that would have a very obvious effect on the field. It looks like that change has happened. The Panthers are today, per eyewitnesses, painting their own logo at midfield of Bank of America Stadium for the first time in franchise history.
Like a baby’s first pair of big-boy pants, this is a huge sign of growth for the now 25 year-old franchise.