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LaceUp LIVE Market Launch Team

Lead Pickup Basketball in Your City

Pickup basketball already has the players, courts, Hosts, and communities. What it has never had is one reliable platform connecting all of them. LaceUp LIVE is changing that—and we are selecting connected basketball leaders to help bring it to the world.

Independent, performance-based opportunity. No salary, hourly pay, retainer, or guaranteed earnings.

From the founder

Basketball Has Always Had the Community. Now It Has the Platform.

Hear directly from LaceUp LIVE founder Buddy Bailey about the problem we are solving, why local leadership matters, and how Market Directors will help bring LaceUp LIVE into basketball communities across the country.

Founder Video — Buddy Bailey

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Help Bring LaceUp LIVE to My City

The problem

The Game Is Everywhere. Finding It Should Not Be This Hard.

Scattered Communication

Players depend on group texts, private chats, social posts, and word of mouth.

Unclear Run Details

Players often do not know the skill level, capacity, cost, rules, or who will be there.

Disconnected Communities

Great Hosts and basketball communities often remain invisible outside their existing network.

No Lasting Basketball Identity

Players show up, compete, and leave without building a meaningful profile, reputation, or history.

The solution

One Platform for Real Basketball Communities

LaceUp LIVE gives players a place to discover and join real basketball Runs while giving Hosts the tools to organize, communicate, manage participation, and build communities players return to.

  1. 1Find nearby Runs
  2. 2Review the Run details
  3. 3Join or request to join
  4. 4Connect with players and Hosts
  5. 5Build a player profile and REP
  6. 6Participate in seasons, challenges, and community progression

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The opportunity

You Know the People Who Make Basketball Happen

Market Directors help LaceUp LIVE enter a city through trusted local relationships—not generic advertising.

Identify credible local Hosts
Introduce Hosts to LaceUp LIVE
Help approved Hosts publish complete Runs
Build the initial Run inventory in the market
Support important local relationships
Report activity, obstacles, and opportunities
Represent LaceUp LIVE professionally

Who we are looking for

This Is for Connectors, Organizers, and Basketball Leaders

  • You already have meaningful relationships in your local basketball community.
  • You know Hosts, gym operators, trainers, coaches, league organizers, referees, players, or event leaders.
  • People trust you and respond when you reach out.
  • You communicate clearly and follow through.
  • You are comfortable recruiting and supporting Hosts.
  • You have time to help build the market during launch.
  • You are motivated by performance rather than guaranteed compensation.
  • You are at least 18 years old and legally able to enter an independent contractor agreement.

Compensation

Performance-Based Opportunity

  • $50 after a personally recruited Host completes their first qualifying paid Run within 30 days of referral
  • Another $50 after that Host completes three total qualifying paid Runs within 60 days
  • A qualifying Run requires at least 6 unique paying players, at least $50 collected through LaceUp LIVE, completion without material refund, cancellation, or fraud, and proper attribution to the Market Director
  • 10% of eligible LaceUp net platform revenue from personally recruited Hosts for 12 months from the Host's first qualifying paid Run

This is an independent, performance-based opportunity. There is no salary, hourly pay, retainer, or guaranteed income. Final written agreements and program terms govern eligibility, payment calculations, timing, and all other conditions.

Launch markets

We Are Building the First Ten Markets

Wave 1

  • PhoenixAccepting
  • Dallas–Fort WorthAccepting
  • AtlantaAccepting
  • HoustonAccepting
  • Washington DC–Maryland–Northern VirginiaAccepting

Wave 2

  • Los AngelesAccepting
  • New York–New JerseyAccepting
  • ChicagoAccepting
  • Miami–Fort LauderdaleAccepting
  • Charlotte–RaleighAccepting

Proving ground

Separate proving ground market.

  • AlaskaAccepting

Ready to Help Lead Your City?

Tell us about your basketball relationships, experience, market knowledge, and the Hosts you believe you could activate.

Start My Application

Independent, performance-based opportunity. No salary, hourly pay, retainer, or guaranteed earnings.