MONEYBALL IN THE NFL: A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS OF THE IDEAL NFL SALARY CAP STRUCTURE
Open Access
Author:
Peregrim, John
Area of Honors:
Finance
Degree:
Bachelor of Science
Document Type:
Thesis
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Robert Alexander Novack, Thesis Supervisor Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor
Keywords:
Moneyball NFL National Football League Salary Cap Salary Cap Management Salary Cap Allocations Position Groups Optimal Allocations
Abstract:
The paper is meant to determine how the highly acclaimed Major League Baseball strategy Moneyball can be implemented into the National Football League. Overall, the goal is to build a regression model that results in an optimal salary cap allocation for various NFL player position groups based on each groups’ contribution to the team’s average win percentage. All data is sourced from historical National Football League statistics over the last ten seasons, from 2008 to 2017. Players were grouped into eight main position groups, and five key statistics were selected for each position group.
