Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana December 15, 1987, muzvinabhizimisi Jerry Richardson akazivisa bhidha yake nokuda kwechikwata chokuwedzera cheNFL muCarolinas. Akaberekerwa kuNorth Carolina, Richardson aimbova muchengeti mukuru weBaltimore Colts uyo akanga ashandisa 1959 yake
bhonasi yeligi yokutanga kuva mumwe wevakatanga cheni yeresitorendi yeHardee, gare gare akava purezidhendi uye mukuru mukuru weTW Services. Richardson akawana kurudziro yake yekutsvaga NFL franchise kubva kuna George Shinn, uyo aive abudirira kubhidha yekuwedzera National Basketball Association (NBA) timu muCharlotte, iyo Charlotte Hornets. Richardson akavamba Richardson Sports, ukama hunosanganisira iye, mhuri yake, uye vatengesi vanoverengeka vanobva kuNorth neSouth Carolina vakagamuchirwawo kuti vave vashandi vashoma. Richardson akatarira nzvimbo ina dzaigona kuvakirwa nhandare, pakupedzisira achisarudza nzvimbo iri kumusoro kweguta reCharlotte.