The Seahawks are for sale! How they compare to other sports team?

Honestly, I was considering buying an F1 team but there's not enough violence for my taste.

The Seahawks got put up for sale just 10 days after winning Super Bowl LX

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Feb 20, 2026

After weeks of speculation, and even less time from a Super Bowl win, the Seattle Seahawks have officially been put up for sale, the Paul G. Allen Estate confirmed in a statement on Wednesday.

Having defeated the New England Patriots to win the team’s second-ever NFL title on February 8, the Seahawks are now underway with a sales process that’s expected to continue through the 2026 offseason, per CNBC.

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Following the death of Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen — who bought the Seahawks nearly 30 years ago for $200 million — in 2018, the franchise was placed in a trust with a directive that it would eventually be sold and the proceeds given to charity. It’s worth noting that league rules require an individual, rather than a group or trust, be the controlling owner of a franchise, leading to (since denied) reports that the Seahawks were fined for their structure.

Of course, with the way sports team valuations have soared in the years since Allen’s initial investment, the franchise will fetch many magnitudes more than it did in 1997.

Given that Forbes was already valuing the team at $6.7 billion by the end of 2025 — before it got a second Super Bowl win — the franchise could likely end up with one of the biggest price tags in sporting history. Indeed, last year’s valuation had already put the Hawks as the joint 21st-most-valuable sports team in the world alongside NBA team the Boston Celtics... both were still only about half the value of the Dallas Cowboys, which has held Forbes’ top spot for 10 consecutive years.

But, in light of another Lombardi Trophy on the Seahawks’ shelf, the sale looks poised to break the NFL record for a franchise purchase, with a team exec telling ESPN that the deal could fetch up to $8 billion.