The Seattle Seahawks are going for their second Super Bowl championship a week from Sunday when they play the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
Before they get to that point, they are dealing with a rather unexpected distraction at the ownership level.
The estate of Paul Allen released a statement on Friday evening disputing a report from ESPN that the team is being put up for sale after the Super Bowl.
Seahawks dispute reports of sale
The original report from ESPN said the team was expected to go up for sale shortly after the Super Bowl, thus ending years of speculation as to the team’s future ownership situation.
The team — as well as the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers — have been owned by the estate of former owner Paul Allen following his death in 2018.
Allen’s sister, Jody Allen, has been running both teams but had a directive to eventually sell both franchises and donate the proceeds to charity.
That will eventually happen, but Allen’s estate said on Friday it had no news to report.
