Former United States men’s national team forward Jozy Altidore is one of the sports stars hoping to buy a stake in the Buffalo Bills, along with former NBA legends Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady.
The Pegula family, which owns the Bills, has been seeking investors in hopes of selling about 25 percent of the team.
The common link between Carter, Altidore and McGrady is that their professional careers give them long stints in Toronto.
Now, the trio with ties to Buffalo’s closest major city is in talks to join the Bills’ ownership group, according to Sports.
Nothing has been officially signed by any of the three. The NHL’s Buffalo Sabres, who are also owned by the Pegula family, are not involved in these transactions.
Jozy Altidore is one of the former athletes looking to buy a minority stake in the Buffalo Bills
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Altidore played for Toronto FC from 2015 to 2021 and most recently played for the New England Revolution last season.
Altidore, 34, is best known for his time with the USMNT, where he was the United States’ starting forward at the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.
Altidore’s national team career was flourishing heading into the last of those tournaments, until a hamstring injury forced him to withdraw in the first half of the United States’ opening match against Ghana. Altidore’s national team career never really recovered.
Carter played for the NBA’s Toronto Raptors from 1998 to 2004, while being a teammate of McGrady, who played for the Canadian NBA franchise from 1997 to 2000.
The Pegula family bought the Bills for $1.4 billion in 2016 and could recoup all of that if 25 percent of the team is sold to investors.