This paper presents a review of measures of
the
competitive balance of sports
leagues proposed in the line of literature which Fort and Maxcy (2003, p. 155) call
“
...
the analysis of competitive balance (ACB) literature itself”.
They describe this as\ud
the literature which “... focuses on what has happened to competitive balance over
time or as a result of changes in the business practices of pro sports.”
A number of
boo
ks and articles have provided surveys of these measures of competitive balance.
This review consolidates that work and augments it by adding details to facilitate the
appropriate
application and interpretation of the measures. This paper
also
considers
the applicability of
the
measures
of competitive balance in the literature
to
the professional leagues of association football
