Revolutionary, Culturally Appropriate, and Inspiring Adaptation of Edutainment Sports. Now evermore expanding and developing its Membership League Club Model.
Nationwide — National Homebuilders League® governs a new sport invented for competitive sport home builders. Designed to serve as the world’s first culturally relevant and community-built sport and league. The unlocking of six team membership clubs and the 2026 approved expansion is a newsworthy benchmark for the national sports league.
Turning Frustration into Innovation
In a world filled with construction competitions, trade school bootstrapping, and good ole boy networks. Our league delivers a devastating blow in the name of the arts and sciences of building elite sport homebuilders. This press release details the league’s unlocking of its six national teams. Listening to club investment opportunities in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Charlotte, Detroit, and Houston markets.
The 2026 expansion of BuildSport is designed not only to entertain but to create lasting outcomes in the construction industry. According to the US Bureau of Labor & Statistics (data suggest), out of an estimated 500 black-owned residential homebuilding startups in the U.S., most of these businesses will fail. Most will either close their businesses or operate unprofitably, resulting in a survival and attrition rate of 84% in less than 10 years. Meaning ONLY 6% of black-owned homebuilders may reach the legacy marker of 10 years. A historical storm cloud has gathered over this group and has remained a top compounding factor, which begins with the barriers to entry and, once entered, survival mode. To overcome these challenges, a business must maneuver through racism, cash flow gaps, cash overextensions, discrimination, systemic credit barriers, predatory lending, and no safety net from economic downturns.
The BuildSport Industry is designed for a win-win for the community, and provides edutainment and engaging sports games that create and retain fans. All while providing a platform to showcase amazing sports homebuilding stars. The League – offers profitable network equity, business skills, collective protections, and noticeable secondary revenue streams from buildsports. Clubs develop from national tryout events open to everyday people who believe in their skills to build. Local clubs encourage these individuals to sign up as Free Agents with their closest local league. NHBL® team clubs prepare players of all walks of life for success in the buildsports industry.
The league and its programs are about more than producing talent, they’re about developing people with the character and leadership skills to succeed, in buildsport or elsewhere. The game’s foundational values include teamwork, commitment, and leadership. BuildSport can be a catalyst for greater personal development at every level of play and life. We strive to not only create elite sport home building stars; but constructing the next generation of great leaders, on and off the field.
Reserve Free Tickets To Experience “BuildSport” Live
Join the fan club. It’s more than just a game. It’s a whole culturally action-packed experience. Food and drinks, half-time party, time-out contest, free giveaways, and photos with your favorite player. If you feel this game could be for you, come out and support a club; tickets start as little as $20.
Apprehensive about being a first-time supporter? Come out for free as a guest of BLKLAND workwear, just by signing up to be a Free-To-View Ticket Member, today.
About BuildSport
BuildSport is the advent of the homebuilder athlete and the Professional Sport Homebuilder. The game’s rules are tailored for safety, fan enjoyment, and excitement. The sport is designed to immerse viewers in the competitive world of buildsport. Team regular-season match-ups are structured in the NHBL’s general league format, designed for long-term fan retention. Team Club owners act as a board of directors that oversees fun, exciting, and family-friendly buildsport Edutainment in the United States. NHBL’s first commissioner is currently entrepreneur JJ Mitchell, owner of BLKLAND workwear. Learn more at nhbl1.com
About BLKLAND Workwear
BLKLAND® is the first black-owned sports workwear and sport performance workwear clothing company in the US. BLKLAND is the official brand of the NHBL. The lifestyle brand was honored and excited to have the opportunity of powering the league’s first demo tape game in 2025. The BLKLAND brand is aimed at assisting aspiring and experienced entrepreneurs in the buildsport leagues through initiatives and promotions to grow their businesses locally. Learn more at workwear.blklandhomes.com
Commissioner JJ Mitchell concluded at the Atlanta Demo Tape game by re-stating the league’s mission: “As stewards of a [new] sport, we are building the best buildsport league on earth. To inspire and connect people through the power of construction by building a globally diverse community of great fans.
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