They’re huddling up.
St. Johns County resident and former Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles is teaming up with Nease High School graduate Tim Tebow and NFL Hall of Famer John Elway in a new effort to reshape Jacksonville’s sports landscape, according to reports.
The three former slingers, along with Chick-fil-A CEO Andrew Cathy, have launched Momentous Sports, an Orlando-based investment platform that plans to buy into professional teams and the real estate developed around them.
Their first move is as lead investor in Sporting JAX, a new men’s and women’s USL soccer franchise.
“Owning a team is great. Owning the land under it? Even better,” Elway told Forbes. “Momentous is not just another sports investment platform. It is built by competitors, for competitors.”
Sporting JAX recently merged with Florida Elite’s youth soccer academy, giving the organization a pipeline of more than 12,000 athletes across North Florida.
For now, the teams play at UNF’s Hodges Stadium, but plans call for a permanent home that anchors a mixed-use district with housing, retail, and community space.
“This is bigger than owning a team,” Magnolia Hill Partners CEO Marley Hughes told the outlet. “It is about taking care of the places where people gather, and doing it in a way that creates long-term benefit for the surrounding community.”
For Bortles, who spent most of his career with the Jaguars before settling in St. Johns, the investment offers a rare path for athletes. “Most athletes never get to see the ownership side,” he said. “Momentous flips that script. It is smart, it is strategic, and I am all in.”
Tebow said he joined because the group’s values matched his own. “This is not just about investing in teams or buildings,” he said. “It is about creating opportunities for athletes, families, and communities to be part of something that lasts.”
Momentous is also weighing future projects with professional teams and mixed-use developments in both the U.S. and Europe, Forbes reported.
