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The V-League is still the standard in Philippine volleyball.
Sports Vision is ready to announce that the Premier Volleyball League is ready to turn pro.
The formal announcement between PVL and the Board of Games and Amusements will be made Friday at an online press conference.
For the president of Sports Vision, Ricky Palou, it is time for the PVL to go professional, as he believes that there are already enough female volleyball players in the country to have a professional group.
This as in season 81 of UAAP, the Board of Directors of the league has made a resolution that rookies from that season will not be able to play in commercial leagues.
“That’s one of the reasons. Not irrelevant if we trust college players. Hindi naman sila papayagan eventually. You might as well look at the professional aspect of the game. Since they announced that rule, nag-iisip na kami will turn pro. “ shared Palou, who started the V-League in 2004.
Of course, there were many outstanding questions regarding becoming a professional. And all the doubts of the team owners were dispelled by the president of GAB, Baham Mitra, who emphasized that becoming a professional does not imply great costs.
“President Baham approached us to become professionals. We sat down with him three or four weeks ago. Our concern is the economic aspect, poor equipment. He assured us: ‘We are not BIR’. We just want to make sure the leagues work well,”Palou shared.
“Last week, all the teams agreed to go pro.”
The teams that have agreed to go pro are Creamline, Petro Gazz, Motolite, Choco Mucho, Banko Perlas and BaliPure.
The league will still have its enlisted forces teams.
Regarding the Collegiate Conference, it will now be under Sports Vision.
PVL will have professional status beginning in their 2021 season.
The PVL will be the second women’s sports league in the country to turn professional, the first being the WNBL.
