Bills LP Jozy Altidore Crosses Sports Border in New NFL Role – Sportico

                        By  <a class="c-link  lrv-a-unstyle-link" href="https://www.sportico.com/author/eric-jackson/"             >   Eric Jackson</a>                        <br>Sports Business Reporter<br>    A New Jersey native, Jozy Altidore grew up a New York Giants fan. But nowadays the former United States national team soccer player sports a different shade of red and blue.<br>   Altidore recently joined the Buffalo Bills ownership group as a limited partner&mdash;part of a consortium of minority owners that includes former NBA stars Tracy McGrady and Vince Carter. The 10 new limited partners, which includes private equity firm Arctos, bought roughly 20% of the franchise at a reported $5.8 billion valuation. Like Altidore, a former <a  href="https://www.sportico.com/t/mls/"  id="auto-tag_mls_1"  data-tag="mls"  >MLS</a> star for Toronto FC, <a  href="https://www.sportico.com/business/team-sales/2024/buffalo-bills-tracy-mcgrady-vince-carter-jozy-altidore-nfl-investment-1234801253/"  target="_blank"  rel="noreferrer noopener"  >McGrady and Carter</a> hold Canadian ties, having played in the NBA for the Toronto Raptors.<br>   Using his cross-border connections, Altidore, who won an MLS Cup with Toronto in 2017, wants to assist Buffalo by bridging the gap between North American regions.      <div class="admz" id="adm-inline-article-ad-1">                     <div class="adma boomerang" data-device="Desktop" data-width="300">                  <div style="min-width:300px;min-height:275px;"     class="pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text"   data-priority="10" >    <div id="gpt-sprt-dsk-tab-midarticle-uid0"      class="adw-300 adh-250" data-is-adhesion-ad="">         <script type="application/javascript">

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