Is it simply me, or does the announcement that the Seahawks are for sale seem poorly timed, like operating out of beer and pizza at a game-watching social gathering earlier than halftime?
It looks as if only some days in the past that the Seahawks received the Tremendous Bowl as a result of, hey, it was only some days in the past. But, now, followers — the vaunted 12s — are confronted with the uncertainty of a brand new proprietor coming to city; a brand new proprietor who might need no ties to Seattle, would possibly need to run the crew on a budget, would possibly even need to transfer the entire operation to a different metropolis.
Speak about getting doused by a chilly barrel of Gatorade simply once we had been nonetheless feeling the nice and cozy glow of victory.
Paul Allen was, maybe, the very best proprietor for our native footballers. He grew up right here. He spent pleased Saturdays together with his dad watching video games in Husky stadium, which made him insist on an open-air stadium for the Seahawks as a substitute of one other colossal closet just like the Kingdome. He had more cash than he might ever spend, so he was by no means going to be a miserly proprietor. When he died, the crew was entrusted to his sister, Jody, who continued to supervise the operation within the Allen approach.
Paul Allen stipulated in his will that the crew would finally be offered, with proceeds of the sale given to charity. That could be a noble philanthropic legacy. However what about his soccer legacy? Will the subsequent proprietor maintain it or tear it down?
The one factor followers ought to loudly demand (as if they’ve any energy within the monetary machinations of the NFL, however nonetheless …) is that the subsequent proprietor be a neighborhood man, gal or group — ideally somebody who is aware of easy methods to pronounce Puyallup and the place to discover a Dick’s Drive-In hamburger. We’ve bought loads of billionaires round right here, so which one in every of them desires to purchase a soccer crew that simply occurs to be in possession of the Lombardi trophy?
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