RENTON — Among the many motivations Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson cited Thursday for becoming a partial owner of the Seattle Sounders was a fear that the team might leave town.
Wilson and wife Ciara were announced last week as one of 11 families who became new owners in the team, taking over a share that had been held by one of the team’s founding owners, movie producer Joe Roth. A 12th partial owner was announced this week, Peter Tomozawa. He will also become president of business operations.
At his regular weekly meeting with the media following Thursday’s practice, Wilson said one concern when he was first approached about potentially becoming an owner last fall is that if the situation was not stabilized with local ownership, the team might leave.