The Seattle Seahawks are not for sale, and there’s no indication they will be for sale anytime soon, but — if they were — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos could be interested in purchasing the team, according to the Washington Post (which Bezos owns).
The Seahawks have an estimated value of about $2.8 billion, which is chump change to Bezos and his $109 billion net worth, according to Bloomberg.
It not only would be easy for Bezos to afford buying the Seahawks, but he has the support of many other NFL owners who would love to see him get involved.
“I’m sure that eventually it would be in everyone’s best interests if someone that’s as community-oriented as him gets involved in the Seattle situation,” New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said in the Post piece.
“The Seattle situation,” as Kraft put it, is currently owned by the estate of Paul Allen and run by Allen’s sister, Jody. Allen died last year of complications stemming from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Jody Allen has made no indication that she plans to sell the team, and while she has not been in the public eye much since taking over, she has the support of both Pete Carroll (who signed a contract extension through 2021) and general manager John Schneider.
What this means for Seattle’s future is unclear, but it certainly seems plausible that Bezos, who attended the Super Bowl last year and posed for pictures with Shaquill and Shaquem Griffin, would be a strong candidate to own the team if the Allen estate decided to sell.
