<div>Hello, I’m Mark Tee Armstrong — the inventor of Basketball-the-Remix and founder of the No Backboard Basketball League.
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<div>For more than 20 years, I have personally paid for, produced, filmed, tested, taught, and shared No Backboard Basketball — long before there was a gym, sponsor, or potential institutional backing.
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<div>This campaign is not funding an idea from scratch.
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<div>It is helping move a proven body of work into its first physical home.
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<div>No Backboard Basketball is a faster, more creative, more precise version of basketball played without a backboard - Futsal of Basketball.  
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<div>The game removes the bailout. Every shot has to be earned. Every make has to be clean. Every player has to develop better touch, better focus, better decision-making, and better confidence.
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<div>Over the years, the idea has already proven demand.
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<div>Millions of people have watched No Backboard Basketball content online. 
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<div>Athletes have played it. 
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<div>Coaches have seen the training value. 
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<div>Families and communities have responded. 
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<div>The concept has grown through video, word of mouth, demonstrations, music, research reports, and real on-court testing.
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<div>Now we have an immediate opportunity to turn that demand into real-world access.
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<div><strong>The Opportunity</strong>
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<div>I have a signed agreement to assume operations of the gym pictured on this page as the first No Backboard Basketball League Training Gym &amp; Creator Studio beginning September 1, 2026.
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<div>This facility gives us exactly what we need to begin serving athletes, families, and the basketball community right away.
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<div>The gym includes:
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<li>A full high school basketball court
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<li>Bleachers
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<li>A stage
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<li>A production bird’s nest
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<li>A conference room and classroom
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<div>Space for training, events, filming, education, and community programming.
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<div>This is not just about renting a gym.
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<div>This is about creating the first physical home for a basketball category that has been growing online for years.
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<div>With this space, NBBL can immediately begin offering youth training, club basketball events, recreational leagues, high school NIL content, community programming, creator studio production, and No Backboard Basketball demonstrations.
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<div>It gives us the infrastructure to move from proof of concept to real-world access.
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<div><strong>Why This Matters</strong>
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<div>Youth basketball has become too expensive for too many families.
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<div>Training, tournaments, travel, exposure events, uniforms, media, and club fees continue to price out athletes who need access the most.
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<div>No Backboard Basketball League gives us a way to build something different.
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<li>A gym where athletes can train.
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<li>A gym that supports families.
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<li>A gym where content can be produced.
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<li>A gym where young people can learn NIL, media, discipline, teamwork, and ownership of their story.
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<div>A gym where basketball becomes more than a game — it becomes a platform for development, exposure, and opportunity to monetize their Name, Image, and Likeness.
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<div>The No Backboard Basketball League mission has always been bigger than competition. NBBL is built around economic opportunity, innovation in basketball development, equity, inclusion, and community investment — all core themes reflected in the brand identity and mission.
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<div>The mission is to save American Basketball. This gym gives that mission a home.
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<div><strong>The goal of this campaign is $75,000.</strong>
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<div>What the $75,000 Covers
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<div>That amount will secure the required deposit, first month, and final month payment needed to lock in the facility and begin operations.
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<div><strong>Here’s the math:</strong>
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<li>15,000 people x $5 = $75,000
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<li>10,000 people x $7.50 = $75,000
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<li> 5,000 people x $15 = $75,000
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<li> 3,000 people x $25 = $75,000
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<li> 1,500 people x $50 = $75,000
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<div>Every amount matters.
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<div>This is a community-powered campaign. No contribution is too small. 
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<div>A $5 donation helps. 
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<li>A share helps. 
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<li>A referral helps. 
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<li>A text message to the right person helps.
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<div>The goal is simple: secure the gym and open the doors.
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<div><strong>Listen to the Mission</strong>
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<div>To help tell the story, I created the <strong>GoFundMe Playlist</strong>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPkvcHPqNUUU" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Listen to the Mission</a>
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<div>This playlist gives people another way to understand and share the campaign.
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<div>Each song connects to a part of the No Backboard Basketball League story: the origin, the problem, the athlete opportunity, the community mission, the need for infrastructure, and the vision for a new basketball category.
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<div>The playlist is not just music.
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<div>It is the soundtrack to the mission.
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<div>Please use it as a sharing tool.
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<div>Share one song.
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<div>Share the full playlist.
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<div>Send it to a coach, parent, athlete, educator, investor, creator, pastor, business owner, or community leader.
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<div>Post it with the GoFundMe link.
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<div>Use it to help people feel what we are building.
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<li>Some people will donate after reading the campaign.
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<li>Some people will connect after watching the videos.
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<li>Some people will understand it after hearing the music.
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<div>That is why the playlist matters.
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<div><strong>Video Proof</strong>
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<div>Please watch and share the videos on this page.
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<div><strong>The Mind Virus. The Mismatch. The 0 to 1 Opportunity </strong>
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<div>A video that explains the disconnect between a validated NBBL audience of 81 million, our small social media following, and a window of opportunity to capture and own the entire category, starting with the first gym
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<div><a href="https://youtu.be/3r2RinSzbJA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://youtu.be/3r2RinSzbJA" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/3r2RinSzbJA</a></a>
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<div><strong>High School NBBL Pilot Game 3</strong>
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<div>Real athletes playing the game and showing the speed, creativity, and training value of No Backboard Basketball.
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<div><a href="https://youtu.be/FQRNxSy_uZw?si=eYwKqNpQ7b-xielx" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://youtu.be/FQRNxSy_uZw?si=eYwKqNpQ7b-xielx" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/FQRNxSy_uZw?si=eYwKqNpQ7b-xielx</a></a>
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<div><strong>High School NIL Pilot Participant Interview</strong>
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<div> A look at how young athletes respond to the opportunity, the game, and the larger development mission.
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<div><a href="https://youtu.be/tUwiTyZF2lU?si=Am-5OQGdUK01DaDf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://youtu.be/tUwiTyZF2lU?si=Am-5OQGdUK01DaDf" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/tUwiTyZF2lU?si=Am-5OQGdUK01DaDf</a></a>
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<div><strong>The Opportunity You Are Supporting</strong>
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<div>Your donation helps us launch the first No Backboard Basketball League Training Gym &amp; Creator Studio.
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<div>This space allows us to begin building programs around:
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<li>Club basketball teams invite events
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<li>Recreational leagues
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<li>NBBL High school NIL Programming
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<li>Creator studio programming
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<li>Community education
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<li>Family-centered sports events
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<li>Basketball skill development
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<li>Local sponsorship opportunities
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<li>Content production and distribution
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<div>This facility gives us a place to create, train, film, teach, gather, and grow.
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<div>It gives NBBL the chance to move from online demand to local impact.
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<div><strong>How You Can Help</strong>
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<div>Donate any amount.
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<div>Share this campaign with basketball families, coaches, athletes, educators, investors, creators, business owners, and community builders.
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<div><strong>Ask 8 basketball families</strong> in your circle to contribute or share.
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<div>Watch and share the Listen to the Mission playlist.
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<div>Follow and share No Backboard Basketball on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and X:
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<div>@nobackboards
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<div>Business, sponsorship, and partnership inquiries are welcome.
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<div>Final Word
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<div>I have carried this vision for more than 20 years.
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<div>I have paid for it, filmed it, tested it, coached it, explained it, defended it, and kept building when there was no easy path forward.
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<div>Now the opportunity is real.
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<div>The gym is available.
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<div>The demand has been proven.
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<div>The content exists.
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<div>The community is ready.
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<div>The next step is physical access.
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<div>Your support helps us open the first home for the No Backboard Basketball League.
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<div>Please donate. Please share. Please help us open the doors.
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<div>Thank you for helping us change the game — and change communities.
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<div><strong>Donation Note:</strong> Contributions to this GoFundMe are donations and do not provide equity, ownership, repayment, revenue share, or financial return. 
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<div>Business sponsorships, partnerships, and other formal opportunities can be discussed separately
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