Meta‘s Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook are not interested in buying the Super Bowl-champion Seahawks despite a Front Office Sports report claiming otherwise.
‘Glad we could intercept the rumors on this one,’ a Meta spokesperson told The Daily Mail. ‘Mark is not making any investment or bid for the Seattle Seahawks.’
The FOS report also named Cook as another interested party, but a source familiar with his thinking told The Daily Mail the soon-to-be-retired executive is not considering such a purchase. An Apple spokesperson declined to comment to The Daily Mail.
The Seahawks have been in the Allen family since 1997, when Paul Allen bought the team for $194million from then-owner Ken Behring. But the co-founder of Microsoft died in 2018 from complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma at the age of 65.
Allen’s sister, Jody, has led the Seahawks and the NBA team he owned, the Portland Trail Blazers, since his death. But Allen left a directive to eventually sell his sports holdings and direct all estate proceeds to philanthropy. The Trail Blazers were sold last September to an investment group led by Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon for around $4billion.
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold holds the Lombardi Trophy after a parade
Zuckerberg is not interested in buying the Seattle Seahawks, a spokesman told the Mail
Tim Cook is expected to retire in September and has no interest in buying the Seahawks
Before the recent Super Bowl success for the Seahawks, Sportico gave the franchise an estimated value of $6.59 billion. But after winning February’s Super Bowl against the New England Patriots, it is much harder to predict what price the team could fetch.
ESPN’s NFL insider Adam Schefter wrote on X that the deal ‘is expected to set a new record for the price of a sports franchise.’
The last NFL team to be sold was the Washington Commanders, when a group led by NBA great Magic Johnson and billionaire 76ers owner Josh Harris paid $6.05 billion for the franchise in 2023.
The most expensive sale in US sports history was that of the Los Angeles Lakers, who were sold last year by the Buss family to Mark Walker for around $10 billion.
The Seahawks recently drafted Notre Dame running back Jadarian Price with the 32nd pick in last week’s NFL Draft to replace Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III, who signed with the Kansas City Chiefs.