Seattle Seahawks
Trivia
The Seahawks conduct summer
training camp at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, just southwest
of Spokane. During the Seahawks' first ten seasons (1976-1985), summer
training camps were held in Cheney. When the team's present headquarters
in Kirkland were completed in 1986, the Seahawks held camp at home for
the next eleven seasons (1986-1996), staying in the dormitories of the
adjacent Northwest College. Under Dennis Erickson the team returned to
the hotter and more isolated Cheney in 1997, where they will hold
training camp through 2007.
The Seahawks are scheduled to
move their summer training camp back to suburban Seattle in 2008, when
their new Renton complex is completed.
As a tribute to the raucus fans that
made the Kingdome the loudest stadium in the NFL the Seahawks
retired the number 12 on December 15, 1984. Since then #12 Jerseys have
been sold by the team and worn by Seahawk fans, often with the name
"Fan" on the back. The Seahawks also have a ceremony before each home
game where a flag bearing the #12 is raised by a prominent individual.
In the 2005 season the fans were again making a difference in games and
were recognized with the presentation of a special game ball for their
efforts in a game against the New York Giants, a game in which the
Giants committed 11 false start penalties due in large part to the crowd
noise.
The team was in a legal limbo
for a while between the 2005 and 2006 season with Texas A&M University
over the use of the phrase "12th Man". Both parties settled out of court
with Seattle agreeing to acknowledge ownership rights to the 12th Man
slogan to A&M. In return the Seahawks are able to use the phrase as
originally planned. |
