Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te Hakihea 15, 1987, i pānuitia e te kaipakihi a Jerry Richardson tana tono mō tētahi raihana whakawhānui NFL i te Carolinas. He tangata whenua no North Carolina, he kaiwhiwhi whanui a Richardson i mua i te Baltimore Colts nana i whakamahi tana 1959
bonus toa riiki hei kai-whakarewa i te mekameka wharekai o Hardee, i muri mai ka riro hei perehitini me te TW Services. I whakaawe a Richardson ki te whai i tetahi raihana NFL mai i a George Shinn, nana nei i angitu te tono mo te roopu National Basketball Association (NBA) i Charlotte, nga Charlotte Hornets. I whakatūria e Richardson a Richardson Sports, he hononga i roto i a ia, i tana whanau, me te maha o nga kaipakihi mai i North me South Carolina i whakauruhia hei hoa iti. I titiro a Richardson ki ngā wāhi e whā e taea ai te hanga i tētahi taiwhanga, ā, i te mutunga ka kōwhiria e ia te taone o Charlotte.