Research by NTG
Banana Ball Championship League · Baseball
UNDER REVIEW · Applications → invited workouts → selection
Evidence reviewed ·
Average player salary
2026 report · operator-published average
6 teams · inaugural 2026 season
ATHLETE ECONOMICS
The 2026 Fans First Report states average player salary exceeds US$100,000. This is an operator-reported average. Individual contracts, revenue shares and NIL earnings are not supplied in that report.
The operator also reports average player salary above US$100,000 and selected operating investments. The financial records below include the published disclosures and the company filing.
We examine entry and exit rules, who owns and licenses an athlete’s name, image and likeness (NIL), and how income reaches the athlete.
Athletes can enter through sporting ability without federation control over entry, exit or outside earning opportunities, while retaining control of their name, image and likeness (NIL). Event rules, safety standards and selection can still apply.
Participation in a federation-governed system is conditional on compliance with that governing body’s bylaws and regulations. Registration and eligibility determine who can compete; transfer and contract rules govern movement, with financial and commercial conditions set by the system.
OPEN / CLOSED are NTG research classifications, not legal statuses. Selection alone does not make a system closed. Independence alone does not prove openness. An event media licence is not automatically a transfer of all NIL rights.
Operator-reported financial figures · USD
BBCL operator · North Carolina LLC · EIN 47-4632098
2026 Fans First Report · selected operating disclosures
These are selected operator disclosures, not complete audited accounts. The cost and investment categories are not added together: their periods and potential overlap differ. The published salary is an average, not an individual pay guarantee.
Company filing: 2026 annual registration, filed 12 February 2026 (Florida M23000002892). It confirms the legal entity but contains no revenue, total-expense or asset figures. Florida states that this annual filing does not require financial information.
Operator financial disclosures · 2026 company filing · original PDF · Florida filing requirements
LIFECYCLE & GROWTH
Index each documented series to 100, then inspect years since its own launch. This separates growth from dollar size while keeping the organization’s maturity visible.
Index: first documented value = 100. Calendar age: years since the stated launch; launch year = 0. Observation years and lifecycle age are shown separately.
League play began in 2026; earlier team history is separate
One league-season observation establishes a baseline. It cannot establish a growth rate. The team’s 2016 origin is not used as the league’s start date.
| Year | Calendar age | Observed value | Index | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 6 | 100 | Evidence |
Index = 100 × current value ÷ baseline. Annualized change = 100 × [(last ÷ first)^(1 ÷ elapsed years) − 1]. Calendar age = observation year − launch year; launch year is 0. At least two elapsed annual intervals are required here for annualized change.
Different metrics remain different: prizes, transfer fees, programs and teams. Indexing does not make them comparable valuations, investment returns or an age-adjusted ranking. Blank years are unobserved; no interpolation or forecasts are used.
For the same 2023–2025 window: TST prize growth is +41.4% annualized; FIFA-reported transfer fees +16.4%. These are different financial flows, not a performance ranking.
European Commission · normalization · SEC · market capitalization
Not rated · insufficient comparable peers
A future capacity score needs comparable peers, the same metric and scope, a declared age band and sufficient evidence. These four subjects do not form a valid peer cohort, so no score is published. Market capitalization would require an actual equity valuation; financial flows cannot substitute for it.
Open the original records to investigate the evidence behind this profile.