ESPN reports the Seattle Seahawks will be sold after the Super Bowl on February 8
ByANDREW DESTIN AP sports writer
January 30, 2026, 8: 03 PM
SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks will go up for sale after the team’s appearance in the Super Bowl on Feb. 8, ESPN reported Friday night.
Citing unnamed sources, ESPN said talks between Seahawks ownership and the NFL have been going on over the past week.
The estate of late Seahawks owner Paul Allen, however, is denying the report, according to a statement released to The Associated Press and other outlets.
“We don’t comment on rumors or speculation, and the team is not for sale,” a spokesperson for the Paul Allen Estate said. “We’ve already said that will change at some point per Paul’s wishes, but there is 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.”
The Seahawks — who’ll try for their second Super Bowl title when they play the New England Patriots in Santa Clara, California — have been in the Allen family since 1997, when Paul bought the Seahawks for $194 million from then-owner Ken Behring.
An NFL spokesman said the league had no comment.
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