Vinod Khosla just dropped a bomb on his new Seahawks fanbase, admitting he still roots for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the day after NFL owners unanimously approved his $9.612 billion purchase of our squad. Speaking with reporters on Thursday, our new owner confessed that before he bought the team, he rooted for someone else entirely. And that loyalty hasn’t exactly gone away.
“I Still Watch All the Steelers Games Too”
Hold up, what? Khosla clarified he wasn’t talking about the San Francisco 49ers, a team he held a 3% stake in with his son last year, which he’s now selling. Nope, he’s talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers. He said he originally became a Steelers fan way back in ’76, when he came to the US and they were absolutely dominating, winning Super Bowls left and right. And get this, he said, “I still consider myself a fan of the team and watch every game.” He even called it a “little known fact.” Little known? More like, now EVERYONE knows!
Khosla Fires Back at “Molehills”
Unsurprisingly, that comment sparked a bit of a firestorm, enough for Khosla to hit social media the next day to try and explain himself. He doubled down, complaining about how “reporters will make every molehill into a mountain just to get column inches.” He then insisted that admitting his 1976-78 Pittsburgh period got him excited about the NFL shouldn’t be an issue. His exact words: “I still watch their games doesn’t mean I won’t unconditionally ALWAYS as owner, want the @Seahawks to win and have every edge up, EVERY TIME over every other team!!!! Zero questions!!!” He finished with a sarcastic jab at sports writers, saying they were “welcome” for the “column inches” and apologized “in advance for my very transparent style.” Look, dual rooting interests are one thing, but an owner openly stating it? That’s just wild, and it definitely leaves a lot of us in the Emerald City feeling a little wary.
Ultimately, Khosla’s tenure will be decided by the product we see on Lumen Field and the conduct of the organization. For now, let’s just hope he doesn’t bring up Super Bowl XL too much in the Pacific Northwest. We’ve got a season to fight for!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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