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Report: NFL Fears Jerry Richardson Scandal Is 'Tip of the Iceberg'

Although former owner Jerry Richardson recently sold the Carolina Panthers following a well publicized scandal, the NFL is reportedly bracing for the worst.

Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times author Mark Leibovich recently penned a "What I Learned" column for NBC Sports' Peter King. In it, he revealed the league doesn't believe Richardson and the Panthers were an isolated incident:

"I learned the Jerry Richardson problem is not over. There is real concern that Jerry Richardson is the tip of the iceberg. With obscenely rich and powerful and aggressive people like NFL owners, there can be a commonness of not only acting in a brutish and entitled way, but also, simply, of being able to pay people off when they try to speak out.