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Old 01-14-2015, 10:49 PM
 
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As we gear up for the NFC showdown [and our eventual Super Bowl ], this article came up on the Facebook feed and I thought it was a delightful (albeit nostalgic) read. I remember those days and being excited about finally getting a soccer team. I had no idea that the Sounders were going to explode through way it did and my, they do quite well, don't they? Definitely a great time now to be a sports fan in Seattle (though the Mariners could stand to be a little better ].


How soccer saved the Seattle Seahawks | Sport | The Guardian
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Old 01-16-2015, 01:54 AM
 
Location: Old Bellevue, WA
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I glanced at the link but I don't doubt its accuracy. The proposal by Paul Allen to build a new tax funded pro sports palace was initially very unpopular. And I remember talking to a beautiful young soccer mom who had been drawn in by the soccer angle. Her kids were into soccer, so she voted for the tax-funded football stadium.

No doubt Allen ran a brilliant campaign that won him a taxpayer subsidy of $1 billion for the world's 6th richest man at the time, drawn from peons and paupers. Bully for Allen and the Seahawks! Bully for brain trauma too!
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