The Seahawks last week announced via their website they’d “recaptured” about 1,350 season tickets from known resale brokers.
In other words, they took the tickets away. Naturally, much rejoicing ensued among segments of Seahawks fans viewing brokers with even more disdain than typically reserved for Tom Brady, Jim Harbaugh or Bill Leavy.
But their celebrations may be short-lived, especially going off recent history.
The last time the Seahawks took away broker tickets was a year ago, when they seized 4,000 under the guise of giving back to fans. And while some fans were indeed sold additional tickets at face-value prices, most wound up paying more on the secondary market than the previous season to see the team play.