
If issues weren’t going unhealthy sufficient for the Carolina Panthers this season, proprietor David Tepper’s actions in Jacksonville on Sunday made issues worse.
Tepper appeared to toss a drink from his suite at a Jacksonville fan, who was seemingly heckling him within the stands under, in the course of the Panthers-Jaguars recreation.
A video that has now gone viral on social media exhibits the scene the place a fan is trying up into Tepper’s field. There isn’t a audio to inform what’s being mentioned, however Tepper clearly didn’t prefer it.
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If issues weren’t going unhealthy sufficient for the Carolina Panthers this season, proprietor David Tepper’s actions in Jacksonville on Sunday made issues worse. (Perry Knotts/Getty Photographs/File)
Tepper tossed his drink and threw his glass down earlier than strolling out of the body as one Jaguars fan stepped up on his chair to yell one thing towards the field.
An NFL spokesperson instructed Fox Information Digital that the league is conscious of the video and has no additional remark presently.
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The Panthers didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon the matter.
Tepper’s Panthers had been shut out by the Jaguars, 26-0, as Carolina’s file fell to 2-14 on the yr.
They’d now have the No. 1 general decide within the 2024 NFL Draft – after the Arizona Cardinals’ surprising win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday – nonetheless, they traded as much as seize quarterback Bryce Younger in final yr’s draft with the Chicago Bears, who personal the decide.

Carolina Panthers proprietor David Tepper appeared to toss a drink from his suite at a Jacksonville fan, who was seemingly heckling him within the stands under, in the course of the Panthers-Jaguars recreation on Sunday. (Grant Halverson/Getty Photographs/File)
Tepper, a billionaire hedge fund supervisor who additionally owns Charlotte FC within the MLS, purchased the Panthers from Jerry Richardson in Might 2018 for, on the time, the best value in NFL historical past at $2.2 billion. Tepper was compelled to promote his shares within the Pittsburgh Steelers to take over management of Carolina.
Since Tepper has taken over, the Panthers haven’t had the most effective of seasons, going a mixed 31-67 since he took over in 2018.
Tepper has been via two head coaches in that span, together with Frank Reich, who was fired mid-season in 2023. Matt Rhule was his first massive rent in 2020 after shifting on from Ron Rivera halfway via the 2019 marketing campaign. However Rhule didn’t final and was fired earlier than the 2022 season ended.

Carolina Panthers proprietor David Tepper (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Photographs/File)
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It’s been straight turmoil for the Panthers in Younger’s first yr because the group’s franchise quarterback, and Tepper’s frustrations could have merely boiled over on this change with a Jaguars fan that may definitely be a big storyline coming into the brand new yr.