{"id":762186,"date":"2026-02-19T10:52:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/762186\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T10:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:52:20","slug":"super-bowl-champion-seahawks-announce-franchise-has-begun-formal-sale-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/762186\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl champion Seahawks announce franchise has begun formal sale process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Estate has selected investment bank Allen &amp; Company and law firm Latham &amp; Watkins to lead the sale process, which is estimated to continue through the 2026 off-season. NFL owners must then ratify a final purchase agreement,&#8221; the estate&#8217;s statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>Allen purchased the Seahawks in 1997 and earned the franchise&#8217;s first Super Bowl win in 2013. Allen <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/seattle-seahawks-owner-paul-allen-dies-at-age-of-65-0ap3000000974688\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">died<\/a> in 2018 and his younger sister, Jody Allen, has served as chair of the Seahawks since then.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Allen&#8217;s will stipulated that the Seahawks would eventually be sold with the proceedings given to philanthropic efforts.<\/p>\n<p>NFL Senior National Columnist Judy Battista <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/judybattista\/status\/2024185390517694888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a> on Wednesday that there was some level of urgency from the league for the Seattle franchise to start this process prior to the Annual League Meeting, which runs March 29 to April 1 in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>The Seahawks&#8217; sale price is expected to set a new NFL record, surpassing the <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/nfl-owners-approve-sale-of-washington-commanders-to-josh-harris-group\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$6.05 billion price<\/a> a partnership led by Josh Harris paid for the Washington Commanders in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Estate has selected investment bank Allen &amp; Company and law firm Latham &amp; Watkins to lead the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[1227,787,7,88,6,4267,261],"class_list":{"0":"post-762186","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-around-the-nfl","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-offseason-news","14":"tag-seattle-seahawks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116096921978411785","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762186","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=762186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}