{"id":1017204,"date":"2026-10-03T04:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T04:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1017204\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T04:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T04:57:15","slug":"vinod-khosla-on-a-potential-seahawks-move-never-say-never","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1017204\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinod Khosla on a potential Seahawks move: “Never say never”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Q: What\u2019s the best way to get the Seahawks\u2019 fan base to forget that the new owner is a Steelers fan who still watches all of their games<\/a>?<\/p>\n

A: Fail to unequivocally rule out the possibility of moving the team to a new city.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will never say never<\/a>,\u201d new owner Vinod Khosla told Dan Primack of Axios. \u201cWill this team be in Seattle 500 years from now? But I have no current plans to change anything about the team, including the coach, president, operation or Lumen Field. It all functions well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 500-year question is far less relevant than the six-year question. The team\u2019s lease at Lumen Field expires in 2032.<\/p>\n

Khosla may simply be playing the game of stadium politics. In order to get someone else to pay for major renovations or a new stadium, leverage must exist. If nothing else, \u201cnever say never\u201d helps set the stage for an infusion of significant taxpayer money.<\/p>\n

Besides, Khosla is still learning the ropes of being an owner.<\/p>\n

\u201cThree months ago I wasn\u2019t even thinking about buying an NFL team,\u201d Khosla said. \u201cNow I ended up with a Super Bowl-winning team with one of the most amazing fan bases. But I know very little about running a team. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll do anything but learn for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

One thing Khosla may realize the hard way is a lesson that plenty of other anonymous billionaires turned NFL owners have learned: The only thing better than being rich and famous is being rich.<\/p>\n

Khosla\u2019s comments will make the fan base leery about the future. How can they not be? But they don\u2019t deserve to be caught in the crossfire of the billion-dollar gamesmanship over who\u2019ll pay for the next Seahawks stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Q: What\u2019s the best way to get the Seahawks\u2019 fan base to forget that the new owner is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1017205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,6],"class_list":["post-1017204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-football","tag-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117375208224319436","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1017204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1017205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1017204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1017204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1017204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}