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THE Spikers’ Turf is about to go pro.
With the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) applying for professional status with the Games and Amusement Board (GAB), the men’s volleyball league also organized by the same pioneering volleyball group is also doing the same.
Sports Vision president Ricky Palou said they will take the professional step once the league reaches an agreement with the team’s owners.
“We would also like to make Spikers’ Turf a professional league, but we have yet to talk to the team owners about it. Hindi pa namin nakakausap owners of the yung team, ”said Palou. Spin.ph.
In the PVL, five teams, Creamline, Choco Mucho, PetroGazz, BanKo Perlas and Motolite, have agreed to become professional clubs.
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Last year’s Spikers’ Turf Open Conference had 24 squads, including 15 school teams and five military teams, which will likely be classified as guest squads once the league turns pro.
Spikers’ Turf was founded in 2014 and had three seasons before merging with the PVL as its men’s division in 2017 until the 2018 Collegiate Conference. The league was revived two years ago, when Cignal won two of the last three conferences.
Marck Espejo de Cignal and Bryan Bagunas of the Air Force are the only two professional players in Philippine men’s volleyball as they serve as imports overseas.
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Espejo is a reinforcement for Bani Jamra in the Bahrain league, while Bagunas plays for Oita Miyoshi in Japan.
Meanwhile, Palou said the PVL still plans to maintain a college league despite gaining professional status for the league.
Since college players are prohibited from playing in professional leagues, Sports Vision plans to establish a separate league for college teams, for both men and women.
“That is a separate tournament. We will no longer call it PVL. “We are still thinking about what to call it,” Palou said.
