The Single Most Important Thing You Need To Know About Jerry Jones laments Jerry Richardson's exit from ownership ranks
Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson will reportedly sell the team at the end of the season. Photograph: Bob Leverone/AP When one of the NFL’s most stable and respected owners is forced to sell his team the rest of sports should know there is no room for creepy comments, lurid stares and strange requests to come to the owner’s suite. The harassment game, long accepted with knowing smiles and smarmy smirks, has been shut down. As #metoo hashtags embolden women to talk about the dignity that has been stripped from their lives, there are plenty of players, coaches, executives and owners holding their breath wondering if past crimes will catch up to them. After Sports Illustrated dropped its Jerry Richardson report a little before kickoff on Sunday, there was little doubt Richardson would be done with the Panthers. The team he founded in the mid-1990s and built into one of the league’s better franchises will go on sale at the end of their last game this season. There is...