Jeff Bezos Could Be One Step Away From Buying One Of The NFL’s Crown Jewels
This article was originally published on Total Pro Sports.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has moved up as a favorite to buy the Seattle Seahawks following their Super Bowl win.
The team’s caretakers put it up for sale just 10 days after they beat the New England Patriots to become champions.
Any deal would require three-quarters of the NFL owners to vote in favor. It’s not something we imagine Jeff would have any difficulty getting.
The billionaire is the outright favorite to purchase the two-time Super Bowl winners on Polymarket. The platform says he has a 25 percent chance of becoming the new owner.
NBA superstar LeBron James is second in that regard at 3.2 percent, followed by Apple’s Tim Cook at 2.8 percent and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg at 1.8 percent.
Jeff Bezos Has Worthy Competition
Front Office Sports recently revealed that Cook and Zuckerberg were both considering bids. The publication also noted that there were two other potential bidders whose identities were unknown.
“Five sources familiar with the matter tell Front Office Sports they’ve heard Zuckerberg is considering a bid, while four say Cook is separately weighing an offer,” FOS reported in late April.
“The identities of the other two potential bidders were not clear, nor was it known whether any formal offers had been made.”
It’s believed that the Seahawks will not sell for $10 billion. While some value the reigning champs closer to $8 billion, the eventual sum is expected to well surpass the $6.05 billion Josh Harris and his group paid for the Washington Commanders in 2023.
One might ask why anyone would want to sell a team on a trajectory like Seattle’s. But it was the wish of the late Paul Allen, who died in 2018 but mandated that his sports holdings should be sold before he passed away.
The Seahawks are part of that portfolio. The Portland Trail Blazers, which have since been sold, also helped make it up. Allen also owned a 25 percent stake in the Seattle Sounders.
