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The last decade has witnessed two related phenomena, which provide the motivation for the development of this collective bargaining simulation. Within the industrial relations arena, enterprise or collective bargaining has replaced arbitration as the major process for wage determination and dispute resolution (Wooden, 2000). Over the same period, Australian sport has witnessed the rise of professionalism and the emergence of professional bodies intended to represent players in negotiations with sporting clubs, leagues and national associations (Dabscheck, 1996a; Dempsey, 1998). These two developments have, not surprisingly, made industrial relations an issue of central importance in the professional sports industry. This simulation, which is based upon the events in a fictional professional sporting league, is primarily intended to aid in the teaching of industrial relations issues with respect to professional …