The dream team of owners if the Seahawks are put up for sale

Tod Leiweke

Leiweke seems like a no-brainer to potentially be an owner of the Seattle football franchise. Plus, we must assume Leiweke would jump at the chance to be involved once the Seahawks are actually put up for sale. He likely doesn’t have the money on his own to buy the team but should be able to build a consensus where he is one of the important voices of any ownership group.

Leiweke already has a vested history with the team. In 2010, Leiweke was the Chief Executive Officer of the team and was the largest reason then-coach Jim More was rightfully fired. Plus, Leiweke was the leading voice in hiring Pete Carroll.

For all of the Carroll-hate that seems to be going around currently, one cannot argue that since Carroll and general manager John Schneider joined the team Seattle has had its longest sustained run of success. This success started before Russell Wilson became the quarterback and will likely continue in the next year or so even though Wilson is gone. Carroll is still around.

Leiweke was also Chief Operating Officer of the NFL for three years between 2015 and 2018.

He also is the current president and CEO of the Kraken. Basically, there can be no doubt that Leiweke would not only be a good choice to be a major part of the new ownership group but would not exhaust any avenue to make sure the Seahawks are excellent on the field.