SUPERFAN: The story of a fan who gave everything to keep the Seahawks in Seattle (Documentary)

[@PermanentMidnight]

49er fan here. I feel proud that the Seahawks are our rivals. Your city fought for your team, thank you to Mark Collins. This is for Jen Collins. May you Rest In Peace.

[@jody970-c7g]

I just watched this. I knew about Seattle losing the Seahawks, but I had no idea who was behind the fight to bring them back and to keep them in Seattle. Mark Collins is who started the fight and finished it. I am so truly sorry he lost his beautiful wife. He wears her Seahawks jacket to every game to keep her with him at the games. We have lost Paul Allen and just recently, we lost Mama Blue. I would like to say "Thank You" to Mark Collins for starting this fight and saving our Seattle Seahawks. You made a huge difference in our state with everything you did. Thank You again Mark Collins.

[@sean2797]

When the Hawks were stolen by Behring i watched my whole being stolen from me. Ive been a fan since the beginning, i was 4 years old and loved football. Ive seen every Seahawks game in their history, from 82' to 95' i recorded every game for my dad. Pausing for commercials, someday i will digitize them. When Allen bought the team i knew we would be a contender, thank you Mark Collins. You saved my being as a person, Seahawks sunday has been my life id be lost without it. RIP PAUL! Go Hawks!!!

[@seahawks366]

Thank God for Mark and all these awesome Seahawks fans they kept the team here! I couldn’t imagine if I didn’t have the Seahawks to root for in the fall and winter what I would do with my life

[@NorbCam]

Amen, friend!!!

[@jimboslice69420]

thank you Norb with all my heart for saying the seahawks lost to the steelers AND THE REFS in their first super bowl. watching us clearly and obviously get cheated out of that game will always live on in my mind

[@TheEwok1987]

Damn I'm a Niners fan and big time Seahawks hater but I can't lie, this was great. I wish that man the best.

[@donbrock8948]

RIP Paul Allen and ty Mark. Go hawks!!!

[@taco2728]

Super bowl 49???

[@1jo13]

OMG this video made me 😭 😭😭😭😭 If only I am a millionaire I would pay off his mortgage! Amazing guy, amazing story! Thank you Mark and the rest of the team that saved the Seahawks to stay here! Thank you Paul Allen and thank you Norb for letting us know about this story! It’s beautifully made❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@econcrook2062]

This puts to bed the nation-wide myth the Seahawks had no fan base until we won SB48. Even during the toughest seasons the Kingdome was the loudest NFL stadium until its implosion, C-Link currently the loudest venue. Hawk fans ain't new to this, can you dig it?

[@chefpinot45]

This is an excellent film, Norb. Thank you for all the hard work you did on this. And if Mark Collins watches and reads the comments, Bless you, sir. Your dedication saved our team.

[@scottrichards2044]

I've been a hawk fan right from the start with my father being born in Tacoma and our family going back and forth over the year living on Whidbey island and the other place here in New Mexico. I remember the day Paul Allen buying the team. As I sat here watch this you tube clip I never new about Marks wife and her fight with cancer. I found out me and Mark have a couple things in common when it comes to our wives. My wife was a big fan of the hawks just like me and like Marks wife she passed away from cancer a few years before the Superbowl win against Denver. That Superbowl is one I will never for get for two reasons the first is that was my late wives Birthday yes she was born a ground hog and I new in my mind the hawks would win that day. The other reason is I come from a family of 11 but there should have been 12 of us but we lost a brother at birth and with half of us living so close to Denver and the other half living in Washington we have a half Denver team supporting Denver and the other half Hawk fan. It felt so good to rub the Hawk win on the other half of my brother and sisters. It was almost like my wife was there helping the Hawks win like I'm sure Mark felt his wife was also there with him at the game.. all I can say is keep on Rocking Hawks.

[@NorbCam]

That’s amazing, Scott. Thanks for sharing your connection with your late wife, huge family, everything. It’s cool how a sports team can bring people together - no matter where they come from, no matter how different they may be, it allows us to have something in common. I appreciate your comment and for watching the film.

[@bucc_360]

I remember when Ken B wanted to move the team and I remember watching TV and seeing possible names for the Seahawks. Paul Allen came in bought the Seahawks and saved the team.

[@koimatai4600]

Damn allergies acting up 😭 THANK YOU MARK AND PAUL 🙏🏽💯

[@johndelarosa8214]

Great Story - was not aware that Seattle had plans to move south to L.A.

[@SeahawksBamBamKam]

Great Story, I have something in common with Mark, I've been a Seahawks fan since the early 80's when I was about 10, and watched games for years with my Dad my best fan to watch the games with and lots of great Memories especially from 2012-2014 and he passed away from Cancer too in 2018 but we got to have some great years watching the Seahawks especially 2013.

[@joanfriel593]

Wonderful story - thank you to Mark and all those involved in "Save Our Seahawks"! GO HAWKS!

[@raptorrancher]

This was amazing. Tears. Might be your best work, Norb.

[@jessebrewster2114]

Thank You for doing this!!!! As a lifelong(I was born in 1974) Seahawk fan. GO HAWKS

[@navalpanic12]

Norb, words alone are not enough to tell you how absolutely grateful I am for watching this video. As a 12 who has lived in Southern California his whole life I would never had known the Hawks without those efforts. Yes, Paul saved the team. But if it wasn't for Mark's inspirational tenacity there would be no team in Seattle. This was such a beautifully made video. Some year when Seattle creates a fan Hall of Fame he should be inducted into that.

[@NorbCam]

Jose Mendoza Thank you, Jose. I appreciate your kind sentiments. Yes, Mark made a lasting impact, doing what most of us would never do - putting his money where his mouth was. That’s why I made this film - so every Seahawks fan could know the story behind the headline.

[@navalpanic12]

@@NorbCam The money and family sacrifice are often the most difficult part of dedicating yourself so much for such an effort. I didn't know much about Mark's wife and her struggles. Still, precious to hear that he still wears her Hawks jacket to games. To have a community so intertwined with their football team is magical. The love from the 12s for the team and the community which has blossomed from such fans like Mike and the others from the SOS org and beyond...no value or fiscal number can placed on that.

[@NorbCam]

Agreed. Especially in this time where so many teams have moved recently. We are lucky to be the only team that was stopped from moving, otherwise we would be like the Rams, Chargers, Raiders and numerous other fan bases who have been left empty handed, probably never to have a pro football team again.

[@navalpanic12]

@@NorbCam I live about an hour and a half north of San Diego. I've witnessed that city hurt deeply in the loss of the Chargers. During the time that the city of SD was making proposals to the Chargers they were looking into the known fiscal impact of the city. What they didn't gather was that this effort very short cited. They didn't realize the immense impact beyond the city...that the Chargers being there impacted the entire county, and not just the city. I don't know if they'll ever move back, though so many of us wish they would. For me I love the Seahawks not because they are a football team and have had great success, but because they represent Seattle and the PNW. If the Seahawks would move I wouldn't care for them. For me it's always community first.

[@silvestreperez4612]

Who else misses the Supersonics😢

[@bugvswindshield]

basketball is dead to me now.....

[@evamariejohnson9898]

Me!!!! Bring back the Sonics!!!

[@jessicareyes7368]

Wait what the SuperSonics are gone 😭🤦🏻‍♀️

[@cameronbakke7308]

Set up a new SOS not save our Seahawks but save our Sonics

[@thejudge7737]

I'm always talking about the super Sonics

[@Karmahandle]

Brother Norb...Great Job. Loved this. GO HAWKS !!!

[@wtsnxt-kari509]

Really impressive and well done documentary. I loved learning more about my team, and the personal stories were very moving. Good job!

[@NorbCam]

Glad you enjoyed it! I got to know Mark in 2014 after we won the Super Bowl.

[@DEMOLITIONZ27]

Awesome documentary Norb! A lot of emotions. Thank you Mark for dedicating so much of your life to saving the Seahawks. On a side note the city council sounds as stupid as they did then as they do now.

[@mikespeiser7267]

NorbCam....you have crazy talent. You are going to make ig huge man...HUGE. The quality and professionalism in your videos is just AMAZING!!

[@debbysilence4495]

So happy we still have our Seahawks. Thanks to everyone involved in that.

[@Avia2023]

This type of passion is in the DNA its in your bones!!! Go HAWKS!!!

[@Food-is_Life]

Wow Norb, who put these onions in front of me. 😔😢😭 That was sweet and heart warming and a touching ending. That was a awesome documentary to Mark Collins. I as a long time Seahawks fan didn’t know anything about this man. Thank you for bringing it to light in 2020. Such a great and well put together video. Good job Norb! 👌🏼👍🏼 I cant believe you only have 39k subscribers with all these cool videos? I wanna say thank you and god bless you for all that you do on this growing channel. I look forward to every new video that you post. Big fan of Norbcam. We should all spread the word and share this video and get Norb to 100k subs. With that being said, LETS GO SEAHAWKS AND WIN ONE FOR Jenn and Paul!!! GO HAWKS!!! 💚💙💚💙💚💙💚💙💚💙

[@freedomNLG]

omg so thats who your always with, wow amazing

[@bernardtassart7225]

Hello, greetings from Belgium, very good video,well done👌🏈👌🍿👏💎and indeed,we all lost, the humanitarian,one of the most respected philanthropist PAUL ALLEN,A💎LOST IN THE EMERALD CITY BUT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN,NEVER TOO LATE RIP HONOURABLE MR PAUL ALLEN,A TRUE WARRIOR OF THE BEST CAUSES,A TRUE CHAMPION,HIS STORY NEEDS TO BE TOLD,IT JUST HAS TO, IT'S VERY UPLIFTING, THE TEAM WAS THE REFLECTION OF HIS PERSONALITY, ALWAYS STAY POSITIVE,REFUSE TO LOSE, WHAT A SUPERB MOTO!!!!! GOOD JOB NORBCAM!!!🙏👌🧠🏈🍻

[@seahawks_122]

I’m actually from Southern California supporting our #Hawks #12ths from garden grove California

[@TheDarthSoldier]

The value of this video is priceless

[@TheChangGang]

Shared it! Awesome. I was too young to understand in 98-99.

[@jakobzimny5887]

I‘m in tears. Amazing film norb! Go hawks 💚💙

[@consadosambora5347]

Amazing how many fans don’t know about this period of history. Thank you to everyone who fought the fight, especially Mark!! All the people who were fighting against it hopefully aren’t painting their nails action green now!!

[@chrislossni1054]

What a film! In tears and I didn't know a single person involved! But our common bond is our love of the Seahawks! This film should seriously win awards! Best by far of all your stuff!

[@chriss2295]

Norb - this was amazing. I’ve lived all over the country and we have something special here. Go Hawks!

[@consadosambora5347]

I lived in Seattle my whole life and moved to Alaska in 2001 this was an incredibly scary time for all the diehard Seahawks fans. People now don’t truly understand how close we came to losing the team. I can’t stand soccer but that might have been the nudge that pushed it through with the voters. Now it seems outrageous that the Seahawks didn’t have the support but those that were there remember. Thanks Mark and all the SOS I went to several events they were great. Thank you to Paul Allen you are the savior!!!

[@moosekick3530]

OUTSTANDING!😁👊👍🏈 Go Hawks!

[@rustyjacobson8259]

I totally wish I could give this 1 million likes

[@Primo206]

Just amazing! Thank you Mark, Paul.

[@jvm3059]

Nothing short of amazing...

[@ejrviking]

Amazing job Norb! To me your best work so far... A big GO HAWKS from Brazil!

[@Toni.F64]

RIP PAUL. TELL MARK THANK YOU FROM THE 12S

[@isamidnight]

This made me laugh and cry. Beautiful job, Norb. I know I'll watch it again many times. Thanks S.O.S.!

[@strungoutkid]

Truly great! I love our fanbase

[@Dio_Brando290]

Bruh this should be a Superbowl commercial if we make it

[@BenHoltenFilms]

Amazing video and thank you Mark Collins

[@ZandRsportscards]

Great video my friend! As always GO HAWKS

[@tayfrancis8794]

This was freaking awesome Norb! Love every second of it. Go Seahawks!!

[@Katieclaireh]

Love this documentary Norb!!!!!!!!! Sure was a tough loss for the Seahawks last night. Hopefully next year will be better...........

[@jasonstiles2159]

One of the greatest things I have ever watched on youtube

[@pointvicente123]

Awesome documentary. Well done NorbCam!

[@weirdbeard1980]

Norb! Best video you've ever put out!

[@alexandermatthews145]

Yep 2 Seahawks bright spots in the 90s and believe me there wasn't to many bright spots in the 90s but 2 bright spots were Sam Adams and Cortez Kennedy both of those guys had high character,but they were absolute great run stuffers go luck trying to run against them 2 giants. and Cortez and Sam they did it together for awhile. 1997 or it might have been 98 it was late in the season we were playing the NY Jets all we had to do is win this game ,but the refs decided to give good old QB Vinny Testaverde a rushing TD when U could see clearly he was 2 yards short of the goal line and the Jets game pretty cost coach Dennis Ericskon his job. Yep the Hawks in the 90s 💯 living hell. BTW that Seattle Seahawks NY Jets game that cost us a Wild Card spot one good thing came out of it ,that's when they decided to bring back challenges instant replay. PS I THINK THIS LANGUAGE IS FITTING 😂 F@@KING THANK U MARK COLLINS CALIFORNIA HAS ENOUGH PRO SPORT TEAMS IF U DIDN'T GET PAUL ALLEN ON BOARD WE WOULD'VE BEEN F@@KED SITTING IN A BOAT UP S@@T CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE IT WAS DAMN CLOSE TO SAYING GOODBYE TO ARE HAWKS THANKS MARK ‼️

[@traydizzil95]

Awesome documentary love it go Hawks

[@rodneygreen6066]

Great I really enjoyed this video thank you

[@dzillahawk]

This was amazing. Thank you soo much Norb

[@johnnyv5609]

Thank you for creating this amazing video! Wonderful

[@CountUp206]

#GOHAWKS!!! Thank you mark. R.I.P Paul Allen!

[@plaxicoshak]

What!!???? You have got to be kidding me. You did this man? Dude, this was an awesome production, seriously. Hats off brother. I have been subscribed to your stuff since early, early days. But this....this was really masterful man. Thanks you.

[@insanitymixes1741]

This is so great.

[@fritz9790]

Wow. that was very good

[@WillTheThrill333]

Love it!!!!

[@Bakersha]

Amazing video also go hawks

[@sarah-sillz]

What a great documentary....well done Norb and crew! Mark seems like a really down to earth and genuine guy...is he single? I'd date him! :)

[@Becauseimme]

Mark looks like a retired Yacht Rock singer who is a fan of the Seahawks. Is he related to Jake One?

[@Dreamprism]

Great documentary!

[@willvintage3505]

Incredible Film Norb. Though, One criticism is that in your Seattle Sports history there was a slight omission ⚽️

[@maximum3508]

We can go and clap them bad packers we wil, win like the comeback in 2014 we WILL win the game and then go on to most likely beat the 49ers and win the super bowl and be two time champs baby let’s go Seahawks!

[@koimatai4600]

LET'S GO 💪🏽💯

[@Kilo_]

That didn’t happen😂

[@wavychips8305]

One good ass documentary

[@carloscolon3331]

RUN THE BALL

[@jtizzieTV]

12 GO HAWKS 12

[@veryhairylarry1036]

nice

[@ditik2795]

Anyone give a summary?

[@TCLucas40]

Great video Norb. Now let's take care of those cheeseheads tomorrow and go take care of unfinished business in San Francisco next week.

[@bugvswindshield]

boom . in my seahawks channel lol

[@shrek5277]

How on gods green earth did the Seahawks not help pay marks mortgage off after losing soo much.

[@Ry_guy_the_fire_guy]

“He was a pompous ass”

[@unconventionalgaming1621]

I love how you skipped over Jim Mora.

[@NorbCam]

Good catch! Too short a stint though... there were others as well - Erickson, Flores

[@thetruthtruthhurts3963]

Go NINERS WHOOOOOOOWHOOOOOOOOO

[@sudiousmine]

More than just a football team....

[@Thepinballwi7ard]

Pretty sure the only dislike is from a 49er, cardinal, or ram fan

[@TCLucas40]

Nope, I think the person from Tacoma who says they don't remember a fan base in those years from 95-98. The one Niners fan that commented really liked the video.

[@projekt679]

I lived in Tacoma from 95 to 98 and I don’t remember a Seahawks fan base.

[@csick11]

That's because you were big on figure skating and never was a football fan.

[@projekt679]

sam hawkz That’s very true. Figure skating was and still is a huge sporting event in not only Tacoma but all of Seattle. I remember your dad was with me running around in fruity spandex pants to watch the 49ers and not the Seahawks. I was also dating your mom who was a big Raider fan. Lets get something straight here. Let’s talk facts. Not assumptions or fiction of who I am or what you think Seattle was like in the 90s. Facts: 1. Seattle was still a growing city in the 90s. It was known for Sir Mix a lot, the baseball team, and the music scene. That’s why the Supersonics left. 2. This documentary talks about a Seahawks culture which is bullshit! Majority of the fans were 49er and Bronco fans or something else. 3. The fan base was like what was said in this documentary. Virtually one person...Paul Allen! At best the fan base was the size of a small subculture, smaller than the gothic and grudge one. 4. This so called fan base just recently came about when I returned in 2013. It’s new so stop trying to pretend like it’s something that’s been around for awhile.

[@TCLucas40]

That's nice. So, because you don't remember a fan base means it didn't exist? Was the vote then rigged? You must be the dislike and also, why the fuck are you watching? Troll.

[@maximum3508]

3rd!!!

[@tanyamelnichuk2652]

I love the football heart attacks

[@Thepinballwi7ard]

Or maybe a bronco, raider, or charger fan

[@drbarry05]

its kind of funny that the bears won by a field goal

[@nopermissionfishin7813]

This is great go hawks beat green bay

[@iang7372]

4th

[@ethanp1458]

First

[@xamanYT]

Second

[@taco2728]

Lol saved him so he can't run the ball lol.

[@derektheseahawkslightningf2932]

So funny

[@auburnwild9803]

Seahawks, Mariners and the NHL is what matters in the northwest. NBA is such trash. I miss the old NBA yes but its not a big deal for Seattle. NHL is coming and everyone will be so big on the NHL team that NBA will be forgotten

[@evergreenrider]

Seattle sports will not be whole again until the Sonics are back

[@petera2788]

They should have moved... Allen and bezos destroyed this town.