The Philadelphia Eagles aren’t on the market, but the NFL may have just handed everyone a new way to think about what the franchise is worth.
The reason is Seattle. The estate of Paul Allen has agreed to sell the Seahawks to the Khosla family and limited partners for $9.612 billion, pending league review and approval.
If it goes through, that figure would blow past the NFL’s previous record, set when Josh Harris’ group bought the Washington Commanders for $6.05 billion in 2023. More than that, it would be another loud signal that the biggest NFL teams can command far more on the open market than the annual valuation lists tend to show.
That has obvious implications in Philadelphia, where the Eagles already sit near the top of the league’s financial ladder. Sportico valued the team at $8.43 billion, sixth in the NFL, after Jeffrey Lurie had previously sold small minority stakes at a valuation just above $8.3 billion. The Philadelphia Inquirer also pointed to those minority-stake transactions as part of the backdrop for the club’s valuation.
Seattle’s sale price changes the math. Sportico had pegged the Seahawks at $6.59 billion, yet the agreed number is almost 46% higher.
Even if only part of that premium is applied to the Eagles, Philadelphia jumps comfortably beyond $9 billion. If the full open-market bump is used, the Eagles could be viewed as a team worth more than $12 billion in a full-control sale.
None of that means Lurie is trying to move on from the franchise. He reportedly kept control of 85% of the team after those minority transactions, and there’s been no sign he intends to sell more. Lurie bought the Eagles in 1994 for a reported $185 million, then a record for a sports franchise, and that purchase has since turned into one of the most valuable assets in all of pro sports.
Philadelphia has the ingredients that matter in these conversations: a huge fan base, a premium NFL brand, championship success, stable ownership, and one of the league’s most aggressive roster-building operations. If Seattle can get close to $10 billion because of scarcity, stability, and league economics, the Eagles clearly belong in the next valuation tier.
The conservative read is that the Eagles are already worth more than $9 billion. The more aggressive one is that, if Lurie ever decided to put full control of the team on the market, the price could push well beyond $10 billion.
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