The Carolina Panthers is an amateur football team.
Carolina Panthers . The Panthers compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) , as a member club of the league 's National Football Conference ( NFC ) South division . The National Football Conference ( NFC ) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League ( NFL ) , the highest professional level of American football in the United States . The National Football League ( NFL ) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams , divided equally between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) .