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Team Sale
The Sale Finally Has a Clock On It
Mike Florio reported on June 13 that, per a source with knowledge of the situation, the sale of the Seahawks is expected to close right before the 2026 season kicks off in early September. After four months of billionaire names floating past like ferries, that’s the first thing resembling a deadline we’ve gotten.
It lands alongside the Todd Boehly chatter that started a week earlier. Semafor’s Liz Hoffman reported that Boehly, who co-owns the Dodgers, Lakers, and Chelsea, is weighing a bid and has approached potential partners, including Guggenheim CEO Mark Walter, his co-owner on the Lakers and Chelsea, plus Middle Eastern investors. A spokesman for Boehly and a rep for Walter both declined to comment, which is billionaire for “yes, we’re talking.”
The price tag everyone keeps citing is $7 to $9 billion. For context, that top number would clear the $6 billion the Commanders fetched in 2023 but still sit under the $10 billion Walter paid for the Lakers last year. So one of the men reportedly circling the Seahawks has already written a bigger check than this franchise is expected to cost. Cool. Normal. Fine.
$7–9B
The projected sale price. The high end would top the Commanders’ record $6 billion in 2023.
None of this touches football operations, and that’s worth saying plainly so nobody panics into the void. Schneider drafts, Macdonald coaches, the cap stays the cap. But a September close means a new owner could be raising a banner he had nothing to do with earning, which is either the easiest job in sports or the most awkward photo op of the year.
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Training Camp
Camp Has Dates, and You Can Get In Tomorrow
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July 25
Training camp opens at the VMAC, running through August 13. Public registration opens June 16.
This is the first camp anyone in this building has run as a Super Bowl winner, and it’ll happen with HBO’s Hard Knocks cameras rolling and a construction crew tearing into the facility for the VMAC expansion. If you’ve ever wanted to watch a championship roster do positional drills next to a backhoe, your moment has arrived.
One housekeeping note for the obsessives: register early. These spots vanish faster than parking at Lumen on a Sunday, and “I meant to sign up” is not a viable plan.
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AROUND THE COOP
Around the Coop
Vinod Khosla, a 49ers minority owner, is among the names that have surfaced as a potential Seahawks buyer. Imagine explaining to your San Francisco friends that you’d like to buy the team that just ended their season. Twice, technically. AOL
The Seahawks’ only home preseason game is the August 15 opener against Dallas, a team they’ll see again Week 13 on Monday Night Football. Two looks at the Cowboys before Halloween. Seattle gets to scout them for free. Yahoo Sports
NFC WEST SCHADENFREUDE REPORT
NINERS
San Francisco re-signed tight end Jake Tonges and added depth to an offensive line that spent last year held together with athletic tape and prayer. It’s the kind of quiet, sensible roster maintenance you do when you’ve spent every dollar elsewhere and the bill is coming due. Nothing wrong with it. Nothing exciting about it either. A $400 million roster, patching the same leaks every June.
CARDINALS
Asked about the Rams trading for the best pass rusher alive, Cardinals linebacker Mack Wilson offered a scouting report on the entire NFC West: “At the end of the day, they gotta deal with us.” Bold words from a building that finished well out of the playoff picture last year. We admire the confidence. We do not share it.
SEACHICKENS TRIVIA
Only one player in Seahawks history has recorded more than 1,000 career tackles for the franchise. Which middle linebacker, a six-time first-team All-Pro in Seattle, holds that distinction?
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Bobby Wagner. He became Seattle’s all-time leading tackler in 2019 and remains the only Seahawk ever to clear 1,000 career tackles. Pete Carroll predicted the record would never be approached.
THE GOLDEN EGG
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This week’s Golden Egg goes to the entity nobody roots for and everybody depends on: the Paul Allen Trust, which has spent four months quietly running the cleanest billion-dollar fire sale in sports. They launched the process two weeks after a Super Bowl, never let it leak into the locker room, and reportedly plan to send the proceeds to charity. A new owner could be in place by September and the football side hasn’t felt a tremor.
It’s an unglamorous award for an unglamorous job. But continuity is the whole brand here, and so far the Trust has protected it. Bert keeps drafting. Mike keeps coaching. The banner goes up regardless of whose name ends up on the building. That’s the Egg.
$7–9B
Projected Sale Price
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Football Ops Disrupted
100%
Proceeds to Charity (reported)
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Camp registration opens tomorrow. Set an alarm and beat the rush. — The Rooster