During the period following the founding of the Australian Football League (AFL) of the teamsalary cap in 1985 and the player draft at the end of 1986, within-season competitive balance(measured by the seasonal distribution of team win percents) has increased. This paper continuesthe investigation into whether the improvement in competitive equilibrium in the AFL can beattributed to these labor market changes by examining competitive balance issues and labor marketchanges in two other Australian sports leagues, the National Basketball League (NBL) and theNational Rugby League (NRL).The measurement of competitive equilibrium in this idea is expanded to include a simple measureof between-season competitive balance, namely the distribution of championships/premiershipsamongst teams/clubs. The evidence argues that since 1985 with in-season competitive balance(measured by ASD/ISD ratios) has increased slightly in all three leagues, and both pre- and post-1985 the NRL has been the most balanced and the NBL the least balanced. The distribution ofchampionships/premierships is, in general, also more even in the period post-1985 period in allthree conferences
