Apologies if this is already in the game, but I wasn't able to find it if it is.
Since 2018, the German 3. Liga has a "Youth development fund" ("Nachwuchsfördertopf") in which as of the 21-22 season the DFB pays out €2.95 million, divided amongst the teams according to the playing time given to U21 players with German citizenship. The fund is intended to support 3. Liga clubs with academies/performance centres, and II Teams are excluded from this fund as their parent clubs are already in the Bundesliga. Money from the fund can only go towards the "non-profit promotion of young talent" as the DFB words it.
There will be slight changes to how the development fund works for the 2022/23 season:
QuoteWill anything change for the 2022/2023 season?
Yes. At the suggestion of the "Economic Stability 3rd League" task force, the DFB Presidium decided to make changes to two key aspects of the 3rd League youth funding pot for the 2022/2023 season will no longer be paid on the basis of the criteria previously defined. Instead, clubs without a recognized academy will only receive this amount in future if they have already submitted an application for recognition of a academy before the season and this application was not rejected in the course of the season.
On the other hand, an additional factor for the age of the players is introduced in the stake numbers perspective. As a result, the minutes played by younger players will be weighted even more heavily in the future. The decisive factor is the age of each player at the start of the season. The minutes played are multiplied by a factor of 3 for players under the age of 18, by a factor of 2 for players aged 18 or 19 and by a factor of 1 for players aged 20 and over.
Source for the quote: https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/das-ist-der-nachwuchsfoerdertopf-3-liga-207727/
You can read more about how the fund works in the link above or here for a general rundown of how the fund was allocated for the 2021/22 season: https://www.liga3-online.de/nachwuchsfoerdertopf-2122-wie-viel-geld-die-klubs-kassieren/
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