ORLANDO, Fla. – The NFL gave a "positive" progress report on the sale of the Carolina Panthers at the owners meeting on Monday and confirmed the goal is to present a name for vote at the May 21-23 meetings in Atlanta.
Three-fourths of the league’s 32 owners have to approve whatever candidate Panthers owner Jerry Richardson selects from the bidding process that began earlier this month.
ESPN.com has reported the most viable candidates are Charleston, South Carolina, billionaire Ben Navarro and Pittsburgh Steelers minority owner and hedge-fund billionaire David Tepper.
Fanatics owner Michael Rubin and Bedrock Industries LP chairman and CEO Alan Kestenbaum also are involved in the bidding, that according to Bloomberg reached $2.