{"id":86616,"date":"2025-07-23T18:39:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T18:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/86616\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T18:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T18:39:13","slug":"seattle-storms-stake-makes-commanders-bobby-wagner-the-first-nfl-player-with-wnba-equity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/86616\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Storms stake makes Commanders&#8217; Bobby Wagner the first NFL player with WNBA equity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (7News) \u2014 NFL Super Bowl champion and Commander&#8217;s vet Bobby Wagner still remains close to the city that drafted him over a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>Wagner, the 2012 2nd-round pick by the Seattle Seahawks joined the WNBA&#8217;s Seattle Storm ownership group, the Storm announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>This makes Wagner the first active NFL player to have equity in a WNBA team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to join the Seattle Storm ownership group and support a franchise that has consistently set the standard in women\u2019s professional sports,\u201d Wagner said in a statement. \u201cThis is about more than basketball; it\u2019s about investing in a legacy of excellence, empowering women, and continuing to elevate the game for future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Commanders&#8217; defensive player spent his first 10 seasons with the Seahawks. He holds three of the team\u2019s records for most tackles in a single season and leads all active players in total tackles. He joined the Commanders in 2024 and resigned for the 2025 season after the team&#8217;s dominant season and playoff appearance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO | <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/sports\/washington-commanders\/commanders-bobby-wagner-super-bowl-jayden-daniels-championship-mandatory-minicamp-nfl-linebacker-west-coast-los-angeles-rams-defense-athlete-sports\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/sports\/washington-commanders\/commanders-bobby-wagner-super-bowl-jayden-daniels-championship-mandatory-minicamp-nfl-linebacker-west-coast-los-angeles-rams-defense-athlete-sports\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Commanders&#8217; Bobby Wagner returned to bring a Super Bowl to DC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Seattle Storm has won four WNBA championships, making 19 playoff appearances in 25 seasons, the team said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO | <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/sports\/washington-commanders\/lb-bobby-wagner-commanders-agree-on-one-year-deal-washington-commanders-defensive-player-addition-deal-career-contract-agreement-linebacker-secondary-offseason-nfl-national-football-league-dan-quinn-head-coach\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/sports\/washington-commanders\/lb-bobby-wagner-commanders-agree-on-one-year-deal-washington-commanders-defensive-player-addition-deal-career-contract-agreement-linebacker-secondary-offseason-nfl-national-football-league-dan-quinn-head-coach\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">All-Pro Linebacker Bobby Wagner, Washington Commanders agree on one-year deal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBobby is a hometown hero who has had an immeasurable impact on the Seattle community,\u201d said Seattle Storm Co-Owner Lisa Brummel. \u201cHe shares our desire to grow the game and knows the value and importance of investing in women\u2019s sports,\u201d Brummel added.<\/p>\n<p>Wagner is entering his 14th season in the league and reported to training camp with the Commanders this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (7News) \u2014 NFL Super Bowl champion and Commander&#8217;s vet Bobby Wagner still remains close to the city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":86617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[58392,52141,21678,1232,8664,1494,62,67,132,68,232,1707],"class_list":{"0":"post-86616","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-bobby-wagner","9":"tag-commanders","10":"tag-equity","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-ownership","13":"tag-seattle-storm","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-wnba","19":"tag-womens-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114904010986971782","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}