Former Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow is currently part-owner of a specialist sports franchise. Tebow is among an ownership team that has acquired minority shares in the Jacksonville Iceman. The ownership group includes Jacksonville Jaguars co-captain Myles Jack and previous Broncos defensive lineman Reggie Hayward. Hayward played 4 periods with the Broncos– from 2001 to 2004.
” I just enjoy Jacksonville,” stated Tebow stated in a team statement.
” I am excited to be a part of this brand-new venture with the Icemen. It is necessary to me to spend back into the area that has actually suggested a lot to me. I expect consisting of as well as increasing the Icemen’s involvement in our Tim Tebow Foundation and various other neighborhood efforts.”
The Icemen compete in the ECHL, a 26-team league with groups in the United States as well as Canada. The Icemen are the ECHL associate of the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets. The Utah Grizzlies are the ECHL associate for the Colorado Avalanche as well as the Colorado Eagles, that are the Avalanche’s AHL affiliate group.
Tebow’s addition brings the variety of team proprietors of the Iceman to 20. He joins Jacksonville former and indigenous Colorado Rockies infielder Daniel Murphy as specialist athletes in the Icemen’s possession group.
” I am incredibly excited for the chance to invite aboard extra community members to our Icemen family,” said Icemen Majority Partner & & CEO Andy Kaufmann. “These most current additions to our team will certainly assist us expand our reach into the neighborhood as well as will certainly further solidify the Icemen as Jacksonville’s team for years ahead.”
The Icemen are anticipated to open up the 2020-21 season on Dec. 11.