DAO Sports Association
{"type": "project", "title": "DAO Sports Association", "logoImg": "bafkreiawrn2s6ot7zx5haxot5pthbk5nvwyetcndax3qlk4jdf2ofkazhe", "website": "https://www.daosportsassociation.com", "bannerImg": "bafkreiaw6hc7binidk2df52gd5vx4p2ze3byojbqptfb5hn2pkxfgpfnhq", "createdAt": 1742706666698, "userGithub": "kwoerd", "credentials": {}, "description": "# DAO Sports Association ⚾🌍  \n*Reclaiming sports for peace, equity, and community—starting with women’s professional baseball.*\n\n---\n\n## TL;DR\n\nI’m building the **DAO Sports Association**, the world’s first **decentralized sports league**—starting with **women’s professional baseball** and expanding into a global network of community-owned teams. My mission is simple but powerful: use sports as a tool for **world peace**, inclusion, and community empowerment.\n\n---\n\n## 🏗️ What I'm Building\n\nDAO Sports Association is a Web3-native platform that reimagines how sports are structured, governed, and funded. I’m launching the first-ever **DAO-owned women’s professional baseball league**, with teams including:\n\n- Los Angeles Blue Sox  \n- Boston Resolutes  \n- Vegas Vixens  \n- Buffalo Rust Belts  \n- Brooklyn Black Sox\n\nThese aren’t just team names—they’re the future of fan-owned sports.\n\nI’ve created smart contracts, brand identities, NFT-powered fan tools, and decentralized governance infrastructure—everything needed to shift ownership from corporations to communities.\n\n---\n\n## 🌍 Why It Matters\n\nWomen have been excluded from professional sports for centuries. I believe that creating a system where **fans and players share ownership** isn't just revolutionary—it’s necessary.\n\nMy vision is to use sports as a vehicle for:\n\n- Empowering underrepresented communities  \n- Promoting global cooperation  \n- Creating peace through participation  \n- Building culture on-chain that reflects the real world\n\n---\n\n## 🧩 How This Helps Web3\n\nThis project brings Web3 to life for **everyday people**, especially those historically left out of tech, sports, and finance.\n\n- I’m onboarding **new users** to wallets, DAOs, NFTs, and digital governance  \n- I’m creating open-source templates for **governance, team formation, and fan interaction**  \n- I’m building real-world bridges between on-chain culture and offline communities\n\n---\n\n## 💸 How I'll Use the Grant\n\nWith Gitcoin support, I will:\n\n- Launch and scale my open-source DAO sports infrastructure  \n- Expand the NFT-powered ownership experience through **Retinal Delights** (my marketplace)  \n- Bring more players, fans, and contributors into the ecosystem  \n- Develop multilingual onboarding tools and educational content  \n- Pilot the first DAO baseball exhibition season\n\n---\n\n## 🙋 About Me\n\nI’m **Kristen Woerdeman**—founder, former NCAA manager, and lifelong advocate for inclusion in sports. I’ve worked alone for three years building every piece of this ecosystem, from branding to contracts to storytelling. I’ve poured everything into this because I believe it can truly **change the world.**\n\n---\n\n## 🕰️ Why Now\n\nWe’ve reached a tipping point in Web3. People want **meaning, culture, and real-world impact**. DAO Sports Association is not just an app—it’s a movement. I’m inviting others to join me in building something that can’t be owned by one person because it belongs to **all of us**.\n\n---\n\nIf you believe in **decentralization, inclusion, or women in sports**, then I invite you to support this project—not just as a donor, but as a co-creator.\n\n**The future of sports is now.**\n**The future of sports is DAO.**\n\nThank you for your time.\n\nSincerely, \nKristen Woerdeman\n(Founding) Steward", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}}