What Paul Allen Could Have Done to Win the Super Bowl

There has been way too much discussion and whining about the outcome of the Super Bowl and how poor officiating contributed to the Seahawks’ heart-breaking loss to the Steelers. Although the ugly loss emotionally devastated me, I won’t add to the pile of whines.

What I want to talk about is the failure of Seahawks fans to properly support our team and what billionaire owner Paul Allen could have done to remedy it.

As everybody knows, sports teams feed upon the energy from their fans in the stands. The Seahawks were at an immediate disadvantage in Detroit. Too few Seahawks fans made the 2000 mile trek to support our team. Estimates have been made that 80-90% of people at the game were Steelers fans, which leaves only 10-20% of the crowd rooting for the Seahawks.

Maybe it’s Seattle’s nouveau riche, quick-stock-option-millionaire-take-the-money-and-run culture. Seattle season-ticket holders just couldn’t resist the quick buck and sold their Super Bowl tickets for huge profits. Unfortunately, most of those tickets ended up in the hands of Steelers fans.

Here’s what I wish Paul Allen would have done.

Paul could have brought the 12th man (sorry Aggies) into the game by buying up huge blocks of tickets and giving them away to Seahawks fans in a sweepstakes.

Winners of the tickets could have been flown to Detroit on Paul’s personal 757. They could have been housed on Paul’s 416-foot yacht, the Octopus, anchored on Lake Erie. If he needed more room, he could also use his 302-foot yacht, the Tatoosh, and his 198-foot yacht, the Meduse.

Having a crowd of screaming Seahawks fans could have made the difference in the game and made the poor officiating irrelevant. And it wouldn’t have cost him THAT much, considering he’s the 7th richest man in the world.

If Paul had done that, he would have become an NFL legend!

Anyhow, that’s what I would have done if I were “Paul Allen for a day”.

(I don’t want to trivialize what Paul Allen has done for Seattle by buying the Seahawks and doing what needed to be done to get them to the Super Bowl. My hat’s off to him! And there’s always next year…)