Measuring the efficiency of the 32 franchises in the NFL during the 2014 season. A data envelopment analysis approach

Pablo Giovani Palafox-Alcantar, José G Vargas-Hernández

Abstract


In this paper the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique has been used to measure de efficiency of the 32 teams’ payroll in the National Football League (NFL) in season 2014. The financial structure of the NFL promotes competition and does not favour any franchise, which assures that no team is able to overspend to win. Besides victories, several output variables have been taken into account to measure de statistics of the on-the-field performance, such as points per game and yards per attempt. Finally, the article shows that, not always teams which make it to the post-season are the most efficient


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data envelopment analysis; DEA; sports; efficiency; NFL

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