Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 15 ga Disamba, 1987, dan kasuwa Jerry Richardson ya sanar da neman sa na samun ikon mallakar NFL a cikin Carolinas. Wani ɗan asalin North Carolina, Richardson tsohon mai karɓar mai karɓa ne a Baltimore Colts wanda ya yi amfani da nasa
Kyautar gasar zakarun Turai ta 1959 don kafa gidan abinci na gidan abinci na Hardee, daga baya ya zama shugaban da Shugaba na TW Services. Richardson ya sami wahayi don bin lasisin NFL daga George Shinn, wanda ya yi nasarar neman fadada kungiyar kwallon kwando ta kasa (NBA) a Charlotte, Charlotte Hornets. Richardson ya kafa Richardson Sports, haɗin gwiwa wanda ya ƙunshi kansa, danginsa, da kuma wasu 'yan kasuwa daga Arewa da Kudancin Carolina an kuma ɗauke su don zama abokan tarayya. Richardson ya kalli wurare huɗu masu yuwuwa don filin wasa, a ƙarshe ya zaɓi uptown Charlotte.