2015 ECV Expected Outcomes: AFC North

2015 ECV Expected Outcomes:  AFC North NFC East   |   AFC East NFC West   |   AFC West NFC South   |   AFC South NFC North As a reminder, the percentages listed in the second column represent the likelihood that the team will keep the player under contract for the 2015 season.  Also, keep in mind […]

Introducing Expected Contract Value – Part 2

Introducing Expected Contract Value Part 2:  Inputs & Outputs Part 1:  Justification, Theory, & “Contract Analytics” As we described yesterday, Expected Contract Value is an objective metric that enables valuation and comparison of contracts, as well as team salary cap budgeting, by using regression analysis to identify the influence on team-decision making of the relationships […]

Proposing The Optimal Contract Structure Technique

[adsenseyu1] In my last article I pointed out that the new type of contract structure that has emerged under the 2011 CBA possesses the advantage of allowing the teams that use it to trade dead money to other teams, rather than absorb such dead money onto their own salary cap. Today, I will propose a […]