The National Football League's Seattle Seahawks were caught selling watered down alcohol. This is a serious offense, as federal law prohibits vendors from selling beer with alcohol by volume (ABV) levels more than 0.3 percent below the advertised number.

The Seahawks have often been accused of doing shameful and wrong things to sports fans of the Pacific Northwest.

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Another one joins the books, as a study conducted by KOMO News in Seattle and in conjunction with a local laboratory, sees that they have been selling beer that has been tampered with.

They found that the beer at CenturyLink Field has lower levels of alcohol than is advertised by their respective breweries. Apart from the Seahawks fans that are affected, the Seattle Sounders of the MLS also play at the field and are affected too.

According to their research, some beers had ALB levels more than a half percent lower than the advertised number, which far exceeds the 0.3 percent that the federal has stated should not go under.

For instance, the Red Hook No Equal brand tested at 4.8 percent alcohol content against an advertised content of 5.2 percent. Shocktop similarly measured in at 4.7 percent as opposed to the 5.2 percent that was originally advertised.

Bass Pale Ale and Budweiser were both 0.6 percent off as all.

When the fans were confronted with the news, needless to say they weren't pleased with it.

 "It's money, man. Greed," a fan named James Walker told the television station. "Same thing as everybody else. What makes the world go around? Money."

An Anheuser-Busch representative told the station though that the beer at CenturyLink Field is the same as what it sells to other establishments.

The company tested the beer as well and found no irregularities. However, this would mean that the collection and transport using a plastic container, the lab and testing method could have failed to protect the alcohol content.

TagsSeattle Seahawks, Beer, Alcohol by volume