Research by NTG
Open Market · Soccer
MIXED SAMPLE · OPEN classification under review
Evidence reviewed ·
Tracked independent prize pools
2026 · two selected completed events
ATHLETE ECONOMICS
TST reports prizes awarded to winning teams; individual 2026 allocations and receipts are not verified here. W7F London publishes a 50/50 club/player allocation for the top four teams’ prizes. That rule does not verify individual amounts received.
US$4.5M is a mixed-access prize sample. A verified OPEN total is not yet established: full movement and NIL terms remain unverified across these events.
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.
Organizer-published prize awards · USD
Research category · two organizers, not one legal entity
2026 · two selected completed events
The two events total US$4.5M in published prizes. This is a selected mixed-access sample. Team prizes do not establish an individual athlete’s share or take-home income; entry and travel costs and any deductions must be assessed for the specific opportunity.
The Soccer Tournament (TST) · results · The Soccer Tournament (TST) · access terms · World Sevens Football London · results · World Sevens Football London · access terms
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.
Competition launched in 2023
Total growth comes from added prize brackets: 1 → 3. The original men’s prize remains US$1M. TST is one series within the research sample, not the entire OPEN market.
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.
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