Next Gen PPPs: Tackling asset management and big data like the NFL

"Black Monday” in the National Football League (NFL) is the day after the final regular season games are played across the United States in early January. It is a day of reckoning for the coaches and general managers of 20 of the NFL’s 32 teams. Performance is assessed and failure to meet lofty expectations often results in a carousel of changes for the teams that did not make the playoffs.

Few industries are as obsessed with performance as professional sports—and with annual revenues in excess of $10 billion, the NFL is one of the most demanding. While simple wins and losses over a 16-game regular season remain the key indicators of success, the league’s ultra-competitive nature has led to the development of “Next Gen Stats”—advanced statistical measures driven by Big Data and new technologies—to create even more information to help organizations make smarter decisions.