TWO NBA All-Star heroes and a former USMNT soccer icon have joined forces as part of a new business venture.
And they are now part of the Buffalo Bills ownership team.
Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady are part of the new Buffalo Bills ownership group[/caption]
We welcome in the new @BuffaloBills partial owners @mrvincecarter15, @Tmac_213, and @JozyAltidore to talk the next chapter in their legendary careers
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— Good Morning Football (@gmfb) December 20, 2024
The Bills have been owned by billionaire Terry Pegula – dad of tennis ace Jessica – since 2014.
But the superstar team of American athletes have been added in a shock update.
And all three know all about success at the top level of sport.
The trio includes basketball duo Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady plus Jozy Altidore.
Carter, 47, is an eight-time NBA All-Star and Sydney 2000 Olympics gold medalist who was named Rookie of the Year in 1999 at the Toronto Raptors.
His former team-mate McGrady, 45, was named an NBA All-Star seven times – plus was twice the NBA scoring champion.
Altidore, meanwhile, burst on to the scene with the New York Red Bulls before spells with Villarreal, Sunderland, Toronto and finally New England Revolution back in the MLS.
He also racked up 115 caps for the USMNT, scoring 42 goals and winning the Gold Cup in 2017.
Now, though, Altidore, 35, has swapped the Bulls for the Bills with the minority takeover.
Carter, McGrady and Altidore plus a group of private equity investors stumped up the cash to purchase a 20 per cent stake in the NFL franchise.
Altidore said: “It’s a dream come true, because I genuinely got to watch that team grow through good and bad.
“There’s a ton of Buffalo Bill fans that come to Toronto FC games, a ton that go to Raptors games.
“I think we’re going to have a lot of fun kind of tying it all into one.
“I think seeing Tracy, seeing Vince now, seeing myself, I think, I hope, that inspires other people watching and young kids to say, ‘Man, I can do it too.’”
Carter added: “This is what I’m excited about, helping the team and the organization any way I can, but actually the youth under us, who are aspiring to be owners and leaders of their community.”
And McGrady concluded: “At the end of the day, this is freaking cool, man.
“That you play 15 years in the NBA and have an opportunity to invest into an NFL franchise.
“It’s cool that we’re investing in Buffalo Bills, it’s cool investing in an NFL franchise, but this is inspiring to so many people that look like us because of the past history and what’s been said in media and all that stuff about diversity, inclusion and sports ownership.”
Terry Pegula and his family took over at the Buffalo Bills in 2014[/caption]
Carter is keen to inspire a new generation as an owner rather than as a player[/caption]
