Super Bowl Puts Up-for-Sale Seahawks in a Prime Time Showcase Showdown

Super Bowl Puts Up-for-Sale Seahawks in a Prime Time Showcase Showdown

It’s the kind of clock management that would do Bill Belichick proud. When Seattle Seahawks owner and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen passed away in 2018, he left Jody Allen — his sister, executor of his trust and newly named chair of the Seahawks — with one directive: sell the team and donate the proceeds to charity. After eight years of waiting, the timing finally looks right as the Seahawks swoop into this weekend’s Super Bowl. America’s Game…

The Seattle Seahawks Owner Is Dead, And He Wants To Sell The Team

The late Microsoft co-founder’s sister runs the team, but league rules require a living person to eventually take majority ownership. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen purchased the Seattle Seahawks in 1997 for roughly $200 million. Twenty-one years later in 2018, Allen passed away from septic shock related to cancer at just 65. As part of his will, Allen’s estate, valued north of $20 billion, mandated that it would eventually sell the Seahawks an…