who owns the steelers football team?
Rooney family
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 Jerry Richardson is the owner and founder of the Carolina Panthers . Richardson and his family own about 48 % of the team , with the remaining 52 % owned by a group of 14 limited partners . Richardson paid $ 206 million for the rights to start the team in 1993 ; according to Forbes , the Panthers are worth approximately $ 1 billion as of 2012 . They ranked the Carolina Panthers as the 16th @-@ most valuable NFL team and the 23rd most valuable sports team in the world . 

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 The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte , North Carolina . The Panthers compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) , as a member club of the league 's National Football Conference ( NFC ) South division . The club is worth approximately US $ 1 @.@ 56 billion , according to Forbes , and is controlled by founder Jerry Richardson and his family , who have a 48 percent stake ; the remainder of the team is held by a group of 14 limited partners . The team president is Danny Morrison , and the head coach is Ron Rivera . 

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 In October 2015 , it was reported that a clause had been triggered in the agreement between Sony and the estate of Michael Jackson , allowing Sony to make a takeover bid for the Sony / ATV stake held by the estate of Michael Jackson , or vice versa . Billboard felt that Sony acquiring the estate 's stake was the most likely outcome , noting the potential revenue the library could bring in regards to licensing for on @-@ demand music streaming services . 

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 Several members of the Pittsburgh Steelers have cameo appearances as members of the fictional Gotham Rogues football team in the film , including Ben Roethlisberger , Hines Ward , Troy Polamalu , Willie Colon , Maurkice Pouncey , Mike Wallace , Heath Miller , Aaron Smith , Ryan Clark , James Farrior , LaMarr Woodley , and Casey Hampton , and former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher as the head coach of the Rogues . Pittsburgh mayor Luke Ravenstahl , a kicker in college , appears as the kicker for the Rogues ' opponents , the Rapid City Monuments . In 2008 , the Rooney family sold a minority stake in the team to Thomas Tull , the CEO and president of Legendary Pictures , which produced The Dark Knight Rises . United States Senator Patrick Leahy , who had made a cameo appearance in The Dark Knight , returned in The Dark Knight Rises , as a Wayne Enterprises board member . Thomas Lennon , who had appeared as a doctor in Memento , once again plays a doctor . India Wadsworth plays the wife of Ra 's al Ghul and the mother of Talia . 

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 As a result of Leon Hess ' death in May 1999 , the team was put up for auction in January 2000 . In a bidding war between Charles F. Dolan and Woody Johnson , Johnson emerged victorious , and he purchased the team for $ 635 million . Johnson expressed interest in having Parcells return to his coaching role ; the team elevated linebackers coach Al Groh to the head coaching position when Parcells refused . 
