... the whole "12th Man" hype thing they do, actually creates a mob mindset that breeds hooliganism, and kind of encourages violence and thuggery, under the cloak of being anonymous but still part of a group.

Alaska - On behalf of the Seattle Seahawks, all Seahawks fans and Seattle-area residents, I sincerely apologize for the abhorrent actions of the couple that assaulted your wife. I'm truly sorry that happened. There are no excuses for that kind of behavior.

But I'd like to add that the following perception is simply wrong and does nothing but builds a rift between football fans and their cities that has no basis or fact... it is simply not true.

EDIT: I retract my apology in a follow-up post. I don't represent either the Seahawks, all Seahawk fans or Seattle-area residents. I represent just me and as more light is shed on the alleged incident, the more it doesn't pass the sniff test.

I am sorry about your wife, Alaska, that sucks.

But, sadly, I really can't say that I'm surprised, based on what I already knew and had heard about the Seattle fanbase. It doesn't take much of a leap to realize that the whole "12th Man" hype thing they do, actually creates a mob mindset that breeds hooliganism, and kind of encourages violence and thuggery, under the cloak of being anonymous but still part of a group. I think it's pretty telling that it sounds like no one from the Seahawks fan nation stepped in to the situation to intervene, or say anything about what was going on. They were all probably too busy screaming.