Vinod Khosla, the new chair of the Seahawks, took to social media Saturday morning to reiterate that he and his family have no intention of moving the team.

“To all @Seahawks fans and @12s, we have no plans to move the team, have never discussed it, haven’t even thought about it,” Khosla wrote in a post on the social media platform X. “End of story. I’ve said repeatedly we have no plans to change anything. Feel sad for the reporters looking for views and clicks who distort my answer out of context and sent an entire city into a spiral for no reason.”

The statement came in response to the reaction to a comment that was published by Axios on Friday from an interview with Khosla.

In that interview, Khosla was asked if he would “make that commitment’’ to keeping the Seahawks in Seattle for the long-term.

“I will never say never,” Khosla was quoted as saying by Axios. “Will this team be in Seattle 500 years from now? But I have no current plans to change anything about the team, including the coach, president, operation or Lumen Field. It all functions well.”

While the second part of his statement indicated that the family fully intends for the team to stay put — at least for 500 years or so — the “never say never’’ quote ignited something of a social-media firestorm and was picked up by the likes of Pro Football Talk, which headlined its story: Vinod Khosla on a potential Seahawks move: “Never say Never.’’

Local sports fans, of course, have some reason for skepticism when it comes to new owners. Ken Behring tried to move the Seahawks to Southern California in 1996 before the NFL put a quick stop to it and he sold the team to Paul Allen a year later, and the Sonics were heisted to Oklahoma City in 2008 by Clay Bennett. Some may also remember the ill-fated one year of the Seattle Pilots.

Vinod Khosla, though, also said during the family’s introductory press conference at Lumen Field on Sept. 9 — which came a few days after their purchase of the team for an NFL record $9.612 billion became official — that they did not expect to make many changes.

“We do respect what Paul Allen and Jody (Allen) did,’’ Vinod Khosla said that day. “I suspect, without going into specifics, our policies won’t be much different than whatever they’re following, done in conjunction with management. So, I don’t expect we’ll change a lot from Paul’s philosophy or Jody’s philosophy.’’

Through one month of official ownership there have not appeared to be any substantial changes though there have been a few subtle ones. In response to a fan who asked if there was a way for the team to assure that fans watching news conferences online could better hear questions, Neal Khosla responded via X that the team would see what it could do. And indeed, this week new overhead microphones were placed above reporters’ heads at news conferences at the VMAC.

Vinod and Neal — the son of Vinod and Neeru Khosla and who carries the title of vice chair — met the team in the locker room in Arizona after the 31-7 win over the Cardinals in Glendale.

“It was cool that they decided to come to the locker room after the win and celebrate with the team,’’ coach Mike Macdonald said. “Maybe I should’ve asked and (saw) if he wanted to say anything. It was a fun locker room. We’re happy that they wanted to be a part of it.”

Macdonald had weekly meetings via Zoom with Jody Allen and said last week he is still “working through’’ how often he will have meetings with the new owners.

“We met last week, which was great,’’ he said prior to the Washington game. “How often and when, we’re still working through what’s best for everybody. It’s been great.

“… It’s so early. What’s the best thing for everybody? (General manager) John (Schneider) has been great helping out, but we’re working through how frequent, what type of information, all that type of stuff. John and I are ready and willing whenever and how frequently. It’s all good.”