Amazon's Jeff Bezo's (worth $150B) Possibly Purchasing Seattle Seahawks?

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i know there's a salary cap, but this would be unfair to other teams lol, the amount of singing bonuses, this dude can can sign for free agents :picard:


The Seattle Native Could Be in the Mix to Purchase his Home-Town Team

By Emily Caron
October 19, 2018
https://www.si.com

Seahawks, Trail Blazers and Seattle Sounders owner Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, died on Monday at the age of 65 from complications from a recurrance of his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Allen's sudden and unexpected death has left a void in ownership within the Pacific Northwest's professional sports teams. As the NFL's Seattle Seahawks try to figure out a plan for franchise ownership following Allen's passing, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezo's name has been mentioned as a potential buyer if the team is sold.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told the MMQB's Jenny Vrentas about how badly he wants Bezos to buy in.

One obvious name the league would no doubt be interested in bringing into the fold is Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. He’s the world’s wealthiest person, is based in Seattle and the NFL is already in business with him, through its Thursday Night Football streaming partnership with Amazon Prime Video.

“Someone like that,” Jones said of Bezos, “I’d carry him piggyback to get him to the NFL.”

Bezos is worth a whopping $145.1 billion but has yet to invest in any sports franchises. While the situation surrounding a sale of the Seahawks remains unclear with Allen's sister Jody potentially taking over as owner, what is clear is that Jones wants owners like Bezos involved in the league.

A potential sale could also mean a potential relocation, but a Seattle-based buyer like Bezos could also prevent such a dramatic shift. Allen was instrumental in keeping the NFL in Seattle when he purchased the Seahawks in 1996, as its former owner was threatening to move the team to Southern California. Seattle has reached the Super Bowl three times since then, and the team won Super Bowl XLVIII.
 

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You don't understand how much people love the seahawks are out here, moving out of this city makes no sense specially when there are teams like chargers who are having a hard time finding a home.

Bezos might do it

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Seattle stay wit some rich ass owners

Microsoft and Starbucks money in the 90s-2000s:picard:

And now Amazon money in this day n age :picard:


Good thing NFL got a salary cap :whew::whew:
 

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You don't understand how much people love the seahawks are out here, moving out of this city makes no sense specially when there are teams like chargers who are having a hard time finding a home.

Bezos might do it

ur saying he might move the team? why, he's from Seattle,and the Seahawks are a top 10 franchise in the NFL
 

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ur saying he might move the team? why, he's from Seattle,and the Seahawks are a top 10 franchise in the NFL

Top ten most important? Valuable?

Patriots
Jets
Steelers
Cowboys
Giants
Redskins
Eagles
Rams
Bears


All unquestionably more important to the NFL right now. Seahawks might fit in the top ten, but I didn't even include the Packers.
 

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i know there's a salary cap, but this would be unfair to other teams lol, the amount of singing bonuses, this dude can can sign for free agents :picard:


The Seattle Native Could Be in the Mix to Purchase his Home-Town Team

By Emily Caron
October 19, 2018
https://www.si.com

Seahawks, Trail Blazers and Seattle Sounders owner Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, died on Monday at the age of 65 from complications from a recurrance of his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Allen's sudden and unexpected death has left a void in ownership within the Pacific Northwest's professional sports teams. As the NFL's Seattle Seahawks try to figure out a plan for franchise ownership following Allen's passing, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezo's name has been mentioned as a potential buyer if the team is sold.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told the MMQB's Jenny Vrentas about how badly he wants Bezos to buy in.

One obvious name the league would no doubt be interested in bringing into the fold is Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. He’s the world’s wealthiest person, is based in Seattle and the NFL is already in business with him, through its Thursday Night Football streaming partnership with Amazon Prime Video.

“Someone like that,” Jones said of Bezos, “I’d carry him piggyback to get him to the NFL.”

Bezos is worth a whopping $145.1 billion but has yet to invest in any sports franchises. While the situation surrounding a sale of the Seahawks remains unclear with Allen's sister Jody potentially taking over as owner, what is clear is that Jones wants owners like Bezos involved in the league.

A potential sale could also mean a potential relocation, but a Seattle-based buyer like Bezos could also prevent such a dramatic shift. Allen was instrumental in keeping the NFL in Seattle when he purchased the Seahawks in 1996, as its former owner was threatening to move the team to Southern California. Seattle has reached the Super Bowl three times since then, and the team won Super Bowl XLVIII.


Do you know how Signing bonuses work? They still COUNT against the cap. It just spreads out through the longevity of the deal. If you give Player a $50 million signing bonus in a 5 year deal, $10 Million count against the cap for 5 years, the more signing bonuses you throw at players the more money you tie up your future cap wether that player is with the team or not. It doesn’t matter how rich you are in the NFL, throwing a boatload of signing bonus money at players is not the way to win chief.

“Signing Bonuses

In order to persuade players to sign back-heavy contracts, teams can offer signing bonuses. This is guaranteed money that is given to the player and is given regardless of whether or not the player stays with the team.

This guaranteed money still counts against the cap, but not the way you might think. In order to help this make a bit more sense, we will throw in a couple of examples.

Andrew Luck, the first overall pick in the 2012 NFL draft, signed a four-year deal worth $22.1 million and included a $14.5 million signing bonus. Rather than have that $14.5 million count in just one year against the cap, it is spread out over the deal. So for the Indianapolis Colts, his signing bonus would count for $3.625 million each year for four years.”
 

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Top ten most important? Valuable?

Patriots
Jets
Steelers
Cowboys
Giants
Redskins
Eagles
Rams
Bears


All unquestionably more important to the NFL right now. Seahawks might fit in the top ten, but I didn't even include the Packers.

Most teams are valuable

Rams still struggling to find a fan base
Redskins, Bears,Jets, have been nationally irrelevant for years
 
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