, the preceding incarnation of Major League Volleyball. Major League Volleyball's (MLV) first incarnation, the
Pro Volleyball Federation (PVF), was one of three professional women's volleyball leagues in the United States that commenced play in the 2020s, alongside the
AU Pro Volleyball Championship and
LOVB Pro. Its inaugural
2024 season was dominated by the success of the
Omaha Supernovas, who earned the highest average attendance for a professional volleyball team in the world, broke the United States attendance record for a volleyball game thrice, and won the PVF Championship in straight sets against the
Grand Rapids Rise. Off the court, the PVF came into conflict with the Supernovas over their attempted acquisition of the
Vegas Thrill in August 2023, which was blocked by the league. By December, an attempt at a
hostile takeover of the PVF itself by the Supernovas' owners was alleged to have started, inspiring PVF co-founders Dan Whinham and Stephen Evans to "resist" the takeover by selling $1 million in
shares of the league to Rise owner
Dan DeVos in February 2024. Amid the escalating dispute, Supernovas co-owners
Jason Derulo and Danny White, along with Benjamin Priest,
Sacramento Kings owner
Vivek Ranadivé, and three-time
Olympic beach volleyball champion
Kerri Walsh Jennings, began planning for a rival league with the Supernovas as a charter member, raising $100 million from
investors. The group announced both the Supernovas' exit from the PVF, and the establishment of what was to be called
Major League Volleyball, days into the
2025 season. Play was to commence in the 2026 season with at least ten independently owned franchises. Ranadivé was granted ownership of a franchise based in
Sacramento. The Supernovas played what was to be their final season in the PVF, In August, the PVF and MLV struck a deal that saw the return of the Supernovas to a league rebranded as Major League Volleyball, and the admission of the Sacramento team as an expansion franchise, alongside the establishment of a new franchise based in
Washington, D.C. == Teams ==