Professional status The
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 for all sporting events organized for profit as professional in nature. This has raised concerns over the status of semi-professional leagues such as the PVL and its rival league, the
PSL. The PVL in particular was concerned over financial aspects of running as a professional league. believing it has enough women players to make the move. The league was already considering to turn professional due to the collegiate league
UAAP deciding to bar its rookies from playing in commercial leagues starting its
UAAP Season 81 (2018–19), in anticipation that all college players would not be allowed to play in the PVL. Prior to the league's professionalization, the PVL was considered as semi-professional and thus its affairs are not supervised or regulated by GAB Six PVL teams - BaliPure, Banko Perlas, Choco Mucho, Creamline, Motolite and Petro Gazz - agreed with the move for PVL to turn professional. Prior to the PVL's professionalization, it has hosted the collegiate conference.
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 for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) of the Philippine national government to host games. The Open conference, the only tournament of the 2021 season, was held under a "bubble" format with players and staff isolated at the playing venue. It was initially cancelled for the 2021 season by May 2021 due to logistical issues of bringing in foreign players due to pandemic-related travel restrictions as well as to accommodate the
Philippine women's national team's preparation and participation in the
2021 Southeast Asian Games and the
2021 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship Both tournaments were later postponed to next year. The conduct of a second conference was again considered after the conclusion of the Open Conference. However such plans were again cancelled. ==Open conference==