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The Seattle metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States is home to several professional and amateur sports teams. They include seven teams in major leagues, several in minor leagues, and collegiate programs for two National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I universities and one NCAA Division II university.
Washington has four major professional sports teams and several other professional and semi-professional sports teams. All four are based in Seattle, the state's largest city, while most other minor league teams are based in the Seattle or Spokane metropolitan areas.
The Mariners were created as a result of a lawsuit. In 1970, in the aftermath of the Seattle Pilots' purchase and relocation to Milwaukee as the Milwaukee Brewers by Bud Selig, the city of Seattle, King County, and the state of Washington (represented by then-state Attorney General and future U.S. Senator Slade Gorton) sued the American League for breach of contract. [9]
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Seattle also explored membership in the Big Sky Conference, although all of its members played FCS football. Seattle once again became eligible for Division I NCAA Championships beginning in 2012–13, and is a full Division I-AAA member (no football) in all 20 sports. [22]
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Seattle's professional sports history began at the start of the 20th century with the PCHA's Seattle Metropolitans, which in 1917 became the first American hockey team to win the Stanley Cup. [225] In 1969, Seattle was awarded a Major League Baseball franchise, the Seattle Pilots.
Seattle and fellow 1976 expansion team Tampa Bay Buccaneers played an unusual non-division schedule for their first two seasons, which included switching conferences. In their first seven years under head coach Jack Patera , the Seahawks had two seasons with winning records and failed to make the playoffs, falling short by one game during the ...