Seahawks deny reports of team going up for sale after Super Bowl 

There are a couple of ways to look at this.

The most obvious is that the team simply is not for sale and Allen's estate will continue to own it for the foreseeable future.

But it is also possible — if not likely — that given the importance of the next week, the organization does not want any potential distractions from a Super Bowl appearance. That is unfair to the players on the field and everybody in the organization who worked for this moment. It would be easy for them to downplay such a report, regardless of whether or not there are intentions to put the team up for sale in a week. 

This is one of those instances where you are going to have to wait to see what the team does, and not necessarily what it says. 

If the Seahawks were to go on the market it would figure to be an attractive team. Not only because they're an NFL team, and there are only 32 of those to own, but because they're literally coming off of a Super Bowl appearance with a strong fan base and excellent facilities. That is the ideal situation that any prospective buyer would want. 

It would also be largely unprecedented given the timing.

Friday's ESPN report mentions it would be the first time in the Super Bowl era that an entire franchise would be put up for sale after appearing in the championship game. 

Allen originally purchased the franchise in 1997 and helped take it from a perpetual state of mediocrity into one of the best in the NFL. 

Prior to Allen's ownership, the Seahawks had never played in a Super Bowl and had made the playoffs just four times in more than 20 years of existence. Under the ownership of Allen and the Allen estate they have been a consistent playoff team, now played in four Super Bowls and are going for their second championship next Sunday.