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Seahawks sale is likely inevitable. Here’s what fans should hope to avoid

The Seattle Times·Matt Calkins Seattle Times columnist·24 days ago
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There are these cheese, salami and taralli bread snacks I walk past regularly at QFC. It’s a moderately-sized pack, maybe the size of a Lunchable, and I tried them once when they were discounted at about $2. Delicious.  The problem is that they’re usually $6.49, which is ridiculous despite their appeal. In other words, you could say I stroll by them with a “soft interest.”  That, of course, is how the market for the for-sale Seahawks was characterized in a recent ESPN story . Potential owners simply aren’t flooding in when the valuation is projected at over $9 billion.  The record for an NFL team sale is $6.05 billion, which occurred when Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment group bought the Commanders in 2023. Five years before that, the Panthers sold for $2.3 billion.  In short: NFL valuations have increased by a factor of four in less than a decade. So is it really a surprise that the Seahawks aren’t luring endless bids? No. Here’s the thing, though.…

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