This study investigates escalation effects in the Australian Football League (AFL). We use a sample of players selected in the AFL player draft (National Draft) between 1986 and 2002, and test for escalation effects by examining whether a player's draft order affects his subsequent utilisation...

Braham Dabscheck's recent article ‘Player Shares of Revenue in Australia and Overseas Professional Team Sports' argues the fi nancial position of Australian Football League (AFL) players has gradually weakened relative to growth in AFL revenue and wages growth in the Australian economy at...

Effective resource management requires measures of performance, often in relation to targets, that attempt to balance conflicting management objectives. In financial situations conflicts can occur when balancing the need to save and spend, for biological resources it occurs between conservation...

This article examines whether the player draft used since 1986 in the Australian Football League has caused clubs to tank; that is, to seek to lose matches to obtain improved draft choices. A comparison of clubs’ performances in regular season matches played before and after introduction of...

The past two decades represent an unprecedented era of reform, a time of significant competition restructuring and corporate reorganisation in Australian football, association football, rugby league and rugby union. As rugby league transformed from the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) to the...

The Australian Football League’s core operational strategy - equalization policy - seeks to promote competitive balance, treat all AFL clubs fairly, and develop markets for participants and consumers, via regulation of the labor market for AFL players. Great controversy therefore surrounded...