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What Is a Team Performance Index? How Sports Performance Benchmarks Are Built | LeagueShares

LeagueShares, LLC — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:46:21 GMT

A team performance index is a rules-based benchmark that turns a team's officially reported game statistics into a single number. An independent administrator publishes the rules in a methodology guide: a fixed starting level, a table of scored statistics with point values, and a schedule for resetting the level each season.

Sports Index Futures vs Event Contracts: How They Differ | LeagueShares

LeagueShares, LLC — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:45:55 GMT

A sports index future is a cash-settled futures contract on a continuously calculated team performance index, designed for trading on a CFTC-designated contract market. An event contract is a derivative, usually with a binary payoff, that settles on whether a stated outcome occurs.

Who Does What Behind Sports Performance Indexes, Futures and ETF Filings: League, Index Administrator, Exchange, & Issuer | LeagueShares

LeagueShares, LLC — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:45:22 GMT

Four roles get confused in coverage of exchange-traded funds that reference sports performance benchmarks. A league supplies official statistics. An index administrator (here, FutureSports) turns them into a benchmark under its own governance. A CFTC-regulated futures exchange (here, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.) has announced plans to list futures on that benchmark, pending regulatory review. Let's use the NHL for example for the first scheduled live listing. A fund sponsor files with the SEC; no shares sell until the statement is effective.

LeagueShares Sports ETF Trust SEC Filings: What Is on File and What "On File" Means | LeagueShares

LeagueShares, LLC — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:44:17 GMT

LeagueShares, LLC is an exchange-traded fund issuer formed to bring sports performance benchmarks into regulated, exchange-listed funds.

Team Performance Index vs Fantasy Sports: What's the Difference? | LeagueShares

LeagueShares, LLC — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:43:37 GMT

A team performance index turns a club's officially reported game statistics into one continuous number under a published methodology. A fantasy sports contest scores a selected roster against a league's scoring rules for a contest period.

Who Uses Sports Index Futures? Stated Participants and Use Cases | LeagueShares

LeagueShares, LLC — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:43:16 GMT

Sports index futures are meant to give fans, sponsors, and other commercial parties a way to manage risk tied to team statistical performance. Take hockey for example: CME Group has said CME FSPI Hockey futures are meant to give fans, sponsors, broadcasters, arena operators, retailers, food and beverage vendors, and others a capital-efficient way to manage risk tied to each club's statistical performance, on a CFTC-regulated market with central clearing, pending regulatory review.

Continuous Index vs Win-Loss and Binary Outcomes | LeagueShares

LeagueShares, LLC — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:42:40 GMT

A team performance index accumulates or loses points as officially reported statistics print during the season. The final score of a game is one outcome. A binary event contract usually pays if a stated yes-or-no result occurs.

Team Performance vs Franchise Valuation: FSPI and RASFI | LeagueShares

LeagueShares, LLC — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:42:06 GMT

A team performance index tracks a club's statistical performance during a season under published rules and resets on a schedule. A franchise valuation benchmark estimates what owners might pay for clubs as businesses.

Introducing LeagueShares | Press Release | LeagueShares

LeagueShares, LLC — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:41:06 GMT

LeagueShares, LLC announced its formation as an exchange-traded fund issuer dedicated to a single asset class: sports performance.

What Is LeagueShares? ETF Issuer for Sports Performance Benchmarks | LeagueShares

LeagueShares, LLC — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:39:07 GMT

LeagueShares, LLC is an exchange-traded fund issuer formed to bring sports performance benchmarks into regulated, exchange-listed funds.