2021 Premier Volleyball League season

The 2021 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season will be the fourth season of the Premier Volleyball League (17th season of the former Shakey's V-League) and the first season of the PVL as a professional league. No tournament was held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 season is modified due to precautionary measures against the outbreak which is expected to still persist.

2021 Premier Volleyball League
LeaguePremier Volleyball League
SportVolleyball
Open
Season championsTBD
Reinforced
Season championsTBD

Changes

Professional status

The Philippine national government's Games and Amusements Board in October 2020 issued a directive that it would consider players compensated for non-national team play would be considered as professionals as well as that all sporting events organized for profit as professional in nature. This has raised concerns if semi-professional leagues such as the PVL at the time and its rival league, the Philippine Super Liga over its status.[1] The PVL in particular was concerned over financial aspects of running as a professional league.[2]

In November 2020, the PVL announced that the league would turn professional starting the 2021 season,[2] believing it has enough women players to make the move. The league was already considering move for some time due to the collegiate league UAAP deciding to bare its rookies from playing in commercial leagues starting its UAAP Season 81 (2018-19) in anticipation that all college players won't be allowed to play in the PVL eventually.[3] Prior to the league's professionalization, the PVL was considered as semi-professional and thus its affairs are not supervised or regulated by GAB[4] Six teams of PVL's teams, BaliPure, Banko Perlas, Choco Mucho, Creamline, Motolite and Petro Gazz agreed to the move of the league turning professional.[3]

A new separate league called the V-League, in reference to the PVL's old name, will be formed to accommodate collegiate and amateur teams which could no longer take part in the PVL due to the league's professionalization.[5] Prior to the PVL's professionalization, it has hosted the collegiate conference.[6]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Premier Volleyball League had to secure permit from the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) of the Philippine national government to host games.[7]

The first conference of the 2021 season will be the Open conference which the PVL plans to organize under a "bubble" format with players and staff isolated at the playing venue. The PVL plans to hold games at either the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba or Trace Colleges in Los Baños for the open conference, and start the conference in February or March 2021.[7]

References
  1. Navarro, June (October 23, 2020). "PVL, PSL, MPBL to discuss professional label with teams, lawyers". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  2. News, ABS-CBN (November 12, 2020). "Volleyball: PVL is latest league to turn professional". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  3. Li, Matthew (November 12, 2020). "PVL set to turn pro". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  4. Reyes, Marc Anthony (July 10, 2020). "LVPI requests permission for volleyball players' training resumption". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  5. Olivares, Rick (November 17, 2020). "V-League to make comeback". The Philippine Star. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  6. Villar, Joey (November 13, 2020). "PVL to still welcome college players despite pro status". The Philippine Star. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  7. Agcaoili, Lance (November 18, 2020). "PVL eyes February start for first conference as professional league". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
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