Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 15 ga Disamba, 1987, dan kasuwa Jerry Richardson ya sanar da neman sa na NFL fadada ikon mallakar a cikin Carolinas. Wani dan asalin North Carolina, Richardson tsohon mai karba ne a Baltimore Colts wanda ya yi amfani da 1959
Kyautar gasar zakarun Turai don kafa gidan cin 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.