It simply isn't true that most people choose where they live based on how much money they can make. The biggest joke about the 12th man is that we are rooting for "our team". It's all hired guns.

There are some places I can imagine relocating to in the PNW, but it would take a LOT of money to make me move to the midwest.

On the other hand, I don't fault his choice at all. His choice and why he made it are why I think it's laughable to think of a sports team being tied in any way to a particular area. If the players don't leave for a better offer, the owner move the team because they can't screw the city over.

That Dan Lewis at KOMO is quite a guy. As many of us know, he was at SeaTac to board a plane to go interview President Obama, but turned around and went back to the station. I hope the White House gives him another opportunity.
That poor burn victim. 20% of his body is burned. Your palm is roughly 1% of you body. It was touching to note that the media said his partner was able to be by his side along with his family at Harborview.

Tate is right, of course. People move all the time, and change team loyalties all the time. The diehard lifetime follower is a tiny, tiny percentage of total fans.

I'm about to move from Seattle to San Francisco. I'm not going to call myself a 49ers fan just because they're what's on the news.

Pro football is a career with a high risk of catastrophic injury and lifelong disability. A lot of these guys simply don't know if having a "regular" career after football will even be possible. So yes, they take the best deal they can get, with an eye on their long-term financial security. Anyone bashing him on Twitter for taking that deal is a fucking idiot.

That said, two things:
1. Detroit overpaid for him, and I'm glad we didn't. It's too much money to commit to a #2 receiver when we have big contract extensions for our most valuable players coming up.
2. Being rich must make it more manageable to live in just about any city. I would not relocate to Detroit for a pay raise, but I'm also not a multi-millionaire.

The Hawks are fat with talent and can afford to lose a ton (as long as it's not named Thomas, Sherman or Wilson).

Golden Tainte.

Welcome to the NFL, new fans.

Tate was right to leave, Detroit is paying him double what Seattle offered according to the reports. As #6 notes, the typical NFL career is about two years and players typically leave the league with no money. Every player has to get while it is good.

Just wait until Sherman and Wilson both want 15+ million a year, and Thomas is demanding 11+.

This legion of boom vanishes at the end of 2014, so enjoy it while you can. This is why the Super Bowl window is so small.

Tate had his moment with the famous four handed catch, but that didn't get us a Superbowl.

Seattle has a Team System, much like the Patriots, or Green Bay. We take the average and get superstar team play.

Superstars hate that.

Because the good is the enemy of the great.

http://cjonline.com/news/2014-03-17/elde…

Fantastic. I love the bitter irony.

@9: The Patroits' Super Bowl window has lasted for more than a decade. Built correctly, a team can restock and keep winning.

For the 2013 Seahawks, when Brouwner and Thurmond went down, Lane and Maxwell stepped up. I expect this trend to continue under the Carroll/Schneider regime.

Fair weather fans for fair weather players.