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AZ MLSZ TÁMOGATÁSI SZABÁLYOZÁSÁNAK ÉS A KIEMELT AKADÉMIAI RENDSZER KAPCSOLÓDÁSI PONTJAINAK ELEMZÉSE A FELNŐTT FUTBALLBAN, 2021–2026
Views:0This study examines the incentive schemes implemented by the Hungarian Football Federation and the Hungarian government that aim to promote the participation of domestic and young players in the Hungarian football first league. The aim of the research is to demonstrate how, from the 2021/22 season through the 2025/26 season, the regulatory and financing mechanisms that directly or indirectly influence clubs' player policies, youth development strategies, and squad management have evolved. The study is based on document analysis: it reviews the decisions of the Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ) Executive Committee, competition regulations, distribution rules for property rights, and the legal and institutional frameworks governing the operation of state-recognized sports academies. The analysis addresses the development of the MLSZ's support system based on playing time for young and domestic players, the stricter playing time requirements introduced in the 2025/26 season, as well as the role of the National Sports Methodology Institute's (NSMI) productivity expectations and the financial incentives associated with priority academy status. The study highlights that during the period under review, incentives for fielding Hungarian and young Hungarian players emerged, supported by increasingly robust financial and institutional tools within the regulatory environment of Hungarian soccer. The direction of the regulatory process suggests that, within the subsidy-dependent operating model of domestic clubs, the integration of young players does not in itself necessarily constitute an economic imperative; therefore, the MLSZ and the state institutional system are attempting to steer clubs toward the more regular fielding of domestic and young football players through specific incentives. This research does not aim to evaluate the performance of individual clubs, but rather to interpret changes in the regulatory and financial environment, laying the groundwork for a future empirical study on the trends in playing time for Hungarian and young Hungarian players in the first league.