The secretive sale of the Seattle Seahawks might soon be less of a mystery.<\/p>\n
Via Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times, Bloomberg News reported on Monday that the first round of bids were due today, June 29<\/a>.<\/p>\n Three groups previously had been identified. They are, as summarized by Condotta: a group led by Wyc Grousbeck and Aditya Mittal, who are alternate governors of the Boston Celtics; a group led by Vinod Khosla, a minority owner of the San Francisco Giants; and a group led by billionaire Todd Boehly, who owns a piece of the L.A. Lakers and who serves as chairman and owner of the Chelsea Football Club.<\/p>\n The Seahawks have been owned by Jody Allen since the passing of her brother, Paul, in 2018. Prior to Super Bowl LX, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Seahawks had been fined $5 million<\/a> for failing to comply with the NFL\u2019s ownership requirements. The NFL insisted that no fine was imposed<\/a>.<\/p>\n As PFT reported at the time, the league agreed to withhold the fine in exchange for a commitment to sell the team, in compliance with the directives of Paul Allen\u2019s trust. The franchise was then put up for sale after the Seahawks won Super Bowl LX<\/p>\n In February, the final price was expected to fall in the range of $9 billion to $11 billion. Then came a report of a soft market. Not long after that, it was reported that the market had picked up.<\/p>\n