GDAWG Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 4 hours ago, 4_tattoos said: Pretty sure Mexico already has it's own league. Plus both of these leagues have been pressing the whole "American players getting to play in America" angle hard. League One Volleyball Federation (LOVF) Pro Volleyball League One (PVLO) United Volleyball League (UVL) May depend on whose investors/owners have deeper pockets. I think many people aren't going to like the branding in LOVB. You see all the hoopla that was raised over Washington Football Team, PWHL (insert city) and now Utah Hockey Club. Hell, even MLS fans are starting to complain about the abundance of (insert city) FC/United names. Now LOVB is seriously going to present American fans with 6 teams named LOVB (insert city) Volleyball? With random squiggles for logos? When their rival league has names like Supernovas, Valkyries and Fury? Not mention proper logos. Honestly I think if you take hardcore American volleyball fans out the equation (that would likely new who many of the players are in both leagues already), and just let general sports fans pick which league they would rather follow based on branding alone, most would pick PVF PWHL will have branding very soon, before the 2025 season. They will not go into their second season as PWHL City Name. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_tattoos Posted June 27 Author Share Posted June 27 Looks like we have our first PVF to LOVB crossover Quote Hotter Than July > Thriller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Does LOVB have a broadcast deal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_tattoos Posted June 30 Author Share Posted June 30 On 6/27/2024 at 11:24 PM, GDAWG said: Does LOVB have a broadcast deal? ESPN https://www.lovb.com/press/espn-secures-media-rights-agreement-for-league-one-volleyball-pro-matches Quote Hotter Than July > Thriller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_tattoos Posted June 30 Author Share Posted June 30 I'm going to assume every PVF player was on a one year contract. Nothing else can explain how the rookie of the year ends up signing with the defending champions! Omaha isn't playing fair at all lol Quote Hotter Than July > Thriller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 3 hours ago, 4_tattoos said: ESPN https://www.lovb.com/press/espn-secures-media-rights-agreement-for-league-one-volleyball-pro-matches I still believe the end game to all of this is a merger, and if there is one, what a merged league plans on doing with two cities (Atlanta and Omaha) that have teams in both leagues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_tattoos Posted June 30 Author Share Posted June 30 For those of you that followed PVF this past season just go ahead and take a look at Omaha's social media pages to see the moves they've made so far on the first day of free agency. Signing up other teams best players like their the Yankees 1 Quote Hotter Than July > Thriller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_tattoos Posted June 30 Author Share Posted June 30 6 minutes ago, GDAWG said: I still believe the end game to all of this is a merger, and if there is one, what a merged league plans on doing with two cities (Atlanta and Omaha) that have teams in both leagues. To a different degree, a merged 16 team league having 3 teams in Texas is kind of wild (PVF Dallas 2025 expansion club and the LOVB clubs in Houston and Austin) Quote Hotter Than July > Thriller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germanshepherd Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 1 hour ago, 4_tattoos said: I'm going to assume every PVF player was on a one year contract. Nothing else can explain how the rookie of the year ends up signing with the defending champions! Omaha isn't playing fair at all lol That’s gotta be it. Nuneviller re-signed, and she’s the only player from the last year’s squad currently listed on the roster. The rest is all of our new additions, including three former Huskers which is awesome. I guess we’ll see if the rest of last year’s core comes back (Jess Lansman, De La Cruuuuuuz and Vuchkova are all leaving we know that), but it might be a whole new team instead of adding proven players to an already stacked championship core. Quote i have unquantifiable corpses on my conscience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_tattoos Posted June 30 Author Share Posted June 30 Atlanta lost Leketor Member-Meneh to Indy, but managed to re-sign 3 players from last season. They were sure to bring Leah Edmonds back. https://provolleyball.com/news/2024/06/theyre-back-edmond-hentz-and-monserez-re-sign-with-atlanta-vibe Quote Hotter Than July > Thriller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_tattoos Posted July 1 Author Share Posted July 1 Here's a link to a reddit thread following PVF free agency. Notable players officially jumping from PVF to LOVB; Skylar Fields, Asjia O'Neal (who was PVF's first ever draft pick) and Claire Chaussee. Quote Hotter Than July > Thriller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_tattoos Posted July 3 Author Share Posted July 3 Long story short. Indy Ignite will be the only expansion team to join PVF in 2025. Kansas City and Dallas rumored to be pushed back to start in 2026. Even just expanded by one team should even the schedule out for next season. Pro Volleyball Federation Looks Towards Second Season - Pro Volleyball Federation Quote Hotter Than July > Thriller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 43 minutes ago, 4_tattoos said: Long story short. Indy Ignite will be the only expansion team to join PVF in 2025. Kansas City and Dallas rumored to be pushed back to start in 2026. Even just expanded by one team should even the schedule out for next season. Pro Volleyball Federation Looks Towards Second Season - Pro Volleyball Federation There is certainly room for a third professional Women's team in Dallas, but it's probably not going to be in the PVF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_tattoos Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 PVF Dallas expansion pushed back to 2026 confirmed on team homepage. https://www.dallasprovolleyball.com/ A few former PVF players sign with LOVB teams; Tori Dixon to LOVB Salt Lake Khat Bell to LOVB Austin Claire Felix to LOVB Madison Quote Hotter Than July > Thriller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 LOVB seems to not be going with nicknames for their teams. I wonder if this is their long term plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_tattoos Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 10 hours ago, GDAWG said: LOVB seems to not be going with nicknames for their teams. I wonder if this is their long term plan. If you look back in this thread you'll see an email reply I got from PVF about the names. They ensured me that those are in fact the team names. Whether they plan to do that long term remains to be seen? Quote Hotter Than July > Thriller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_tattoos Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 @GDAWG On 12/26/2023 at 8:49 PM, 4_tattoos said: Thank you so much for reaching out to League One Volleyball. In our team names, we wanted to reflect the communities they are rooted in. Each of the LOVB pro teams are named after their cities and these are their official names. Happy Holidays! LOVB Team On Friday, December 22, 2023 at 9:44:36 AM UTC-8 took my name out wrote: Hello. I was curious to know if the teams in LOVB's pro league will get proper team names before the season starts in November? Quote Hotter Than July > Thriller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 There has to be an end game in this rivalry between PVF and LOVB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_tattoos Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 1 hour ago, GDAWG said: There has to be an end game in this rivalry between PVF and LOVB. USA Volleyball could get involved at some point and encourage a merger Quote Hotter Than July > Thriller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sykotyk Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Not having nicknames, etc seems like a horrible way to try and sell merchandise. Any 'city branded' shirt in those colors would be open season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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