01-31-2026, 10:15 AM
The Seattle Seahawks responded Friday night to reports the franchise will be put up for sale after Super Bowl LX.
A spokesman for the estate of late Seahawks owner Paul G. Allen said in a statement to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport: "We don't comment on rumors or speculation, and the team is not for sale. We've already said that will change at some point per Paul's wishes, but I have no news to share.
"Our focus right now is winning the Super Bowl and completing the sale of the Portland Trail Blazers in the coming months."
ESPN's Seth Wickersham and Brady Henderson reported earlier Friday that the Seahawks will "go up for sale after Super Bowl LX," and that "sale discussions have taken place at ownership and league levels for at least the past week."
Wickersham and Henderson reported that one NFL executive told ESPN the Seahawks would draw in $7 billion to $8 billion in a potential sale.
The Seahawks were valued at $6.7 billion as of last August by Forbes.
The franchise has been owned by Allen's estate since he died in October 2018. NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported in November 2018 that Allen had planned to have the proceeds from the Seahawks' sale benefit his charity, the Paul G. Allen Foundation.
Estate trustee Jody Allen said in July 2022 that estates the size of Allen's "can take 10 to 20 years to wind down," and that "there is no pre-ordained timeline by which the teams must be sold.".
The Trail Blazers were officially put up for sale in May 2025, and the Allen estate formally agreed to sell the team in September 2025.
The Blazers are now in the process of being sold for a valuation of more than $4 billion to Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon.
If the Seahawks are ultimately put up for sale this year, Wickersham and Henderson reported it would be the first immediate sale of an NFL team that had just made a championship game since the Super Bowl era began in 1967.
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A spokesman for the estate of late Seahawks owner Paul G. Allen said in a statement to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport: "We don't comment on rumors or speculation, and the team is not for sale. We've already said that will change at some point per Paul's wishes, but I have no news to share.
"Our focus right now is winning the Super Bowl and completing the sale of the Portland Trail Blazers in the coming months."
ESPN's Seth Wickersham and Brady Henderson reported earlier Friday that the Seahawks will "go up for sale after Super Bowl LX," and that "sale discussions have taken place at ownership and league levels for at least the past week."
Wickersham and Henderson reported that one NFL executive told ESPN the Seahawks would draw in $7 billion to $8 billion in a potential sale.
The Seahawks were valued at $6.7 billion as of last August by Forbes.
The franchise has been owned by Allen's estate since he died in October 2018. NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported in November 2018 that Allen had planned to have the proceeds from the Seahawks' sale benefit his charity, the Paul G. Allen Foundation.
Estate trustee Jody Allen said in July 2022 that estates the size of Allen's "can take 10 to 20 years to wind down," and that "there is no pre-ordained timeline by which the teams must be sold.".
The Trail Blazers were officially put up for sale in May 2025, and the Allen estate formally agreed to sell the team in September 2025.
The Blazers are now in the process of being sold for a valuation of more than $4 billion to Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon.
If the Seahawks are ultimately put up for sale this year, Wickersham and Henderson reported it would be the first immediate sale of an NFL team that had just made a championship game since the Super Bowl era began in 1967.
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