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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1769587490505PVL AFC Presscon - Ricky Palou-9938.JPG" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Premier Volleyball League (PVL) President Ricky Palou during the 2026 All-Filipino Conference press launch on January 28, 2026. PVL Media Bureau"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Premier Volleyball League (PVL) President Ricky Palou during the 2026 All-Filipino Conference press launch on January 28, 2026.<em> PVL Media Bureau</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Premier Volleyball League (PVL) President Ricky Palou admitted Wednesday that the league is &quot;concerned&quot; about its teams leaving.</p><p>The number of competing teams in the 2026 PVL All-Filipino Conference is now down to 10 after Petro Gazz — notably, the defending champion — took a leave of absence and Chery Tiggo disbanded during the offseason.</p><p>Palou bared that the reason behind teams leaving is the rising cost of maintaining it, and the league is doing its part internally to make the playing field sustainable.</p><p>&quot;We know it is getting more expensive for the teams to keep up, keep their teams together. I understand teams are now spending like something P60-75 million a year to maintain a team,&quot; said Palou during the season-ending conference&#x27;s press launch in Ortigas.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2026/1/10/pvl-petro-gazz-takes-leave-of-absence-angels-now-free-agents-1225"><strong>READ: PVL: Petro Gazz takes leave of absence; Angels now free agents</strong></a></div><p>&quot;We&#x27;re trying to look at some steps on how to make it more sustainable for them. We&#x27;re in that. Internally, we&#x27;ve been discussing some issues on how we can do to actually help the teams,&quot; added Palou.</p><p>&quot;And to us, this is a concern. We&#x27;d like to have the teams reduce the expenses and right now we&#x27;re in talks on how to do this.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2026/1/15/pvl-van-sickle-on-petro-gazz-taking-leave-of-absence-heartbreaking-but-understandable-1449"><strong>READ: PVL: Van Sickle on Petro Gazz taking leave of absence — &#x27;Heartbreaking but understandable&#x27;</strong></a></div><p>The sports executive said that Petro Gazz is not leaving the league entirely, and they are in talks with the management to do sponsorships.</p><p>&quot;As far as Petro Gazz is concerned, they still want to be part of the league. So we&#x27;re in talks with them on possible sponsorships. They&#x27;re willing to still be involved in the activities of the league. We&#x27;re in talks with them right now with Petro Gazz.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2025/12/2/-closing-a-chapter-chery-tiggo-announces-exit-from-pvl-1241"><strong>READ: &#x27;Closing a chapter&#x27;: Chery Tiggo announces exit from PVL</strong></a></div><p>Palou thanked Petro Gazz and Chery Tiggo as well for their contributions to the league.</p><p>&quot;We&#x27;d like to thank Chery Tiggo and Petro Gazz for their participation in the PVL. If you go back in time, we remember that the first champion of the PVL as a professional league was Chery Tiggo. This happened in Bacarra. And our last champion for the (2025) season was Petro Gazz,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;We&#x27;re really sad for them to go, but I guess they have their special, their own reasons for leaving the league.&quot;</p>

<p>The number of competing teams in the #PVL2026 All-Filipino Conference is now down to 10 after Petro Gazz — notably, the defending champion — took a leave of absence and Chery Tiggo disbanded during the offseason.</p>

The number of competing teams in the #PVL2026 All-Filipino Conference is now down to 10 after Petro Gazz — notably, the defending champion — took a leave of absence and Chery Tiggo disbanded during the offseason.

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PVL's Palou admits 'concern' about teams exiting the league

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published January 28, 2026 08:15 PM PHT

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