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Post by panicvb on Oct 29, 2014 22:58:19 GMT -5
I'm sure you have all read about Matt Anderson.
We really need to have a home based professional league. Small steps, but big jumps.
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Post by aranhahunter on Oct 30, 2014 20:34:19 GMT -5
2. Our season is from November to about May. We play tournaments each month for rankings, then there is a regional championship, then nationals. I consider that season. I didn't know that. Are people in the PVL pining for a season like structure nationwide (like MLL, WNBA, NWSL)? I know travel and other costs, but is that the end goal? I'm sure you have all read about Matt Anderson. We really need to have a home based professional league. Small steps, but big jumps. What's the average salary of VB players overseas?
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Post by Murina on Oct 30, 2014 22:51:56 GMT -5
Does Italy's government prop up their league? Belgium? I had no idea. National governments don't directly sponsor sports clubs but they make laws that help them exist and helps them with revenue streams. Italian law mandates that local governments spend some of their income to support sports clubs, and gives companies that sponsor sports clubs tax incentives to do so. This is aimed at the amateur side of the clubs, but the clubs have used it to become professional. Serie A clubs have to sponsor a minimum number of youth teams, and every foreign player they sign adds to the number of youth teams they have to sponsor. This setup is pretty similar from country to country in Europe. USA doesn't specifically sponsor professional sports clubs, but it is the biggest government sponsor of youth sports in the world - by far (public high school sports programs).
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Post by jtshaver on Oct 31, 2014 15:56:45 GMT -5
I really have no clue what other teams are doing outside of our own. The NCVA, our coaches, and team are all very invested in growing the team, sport, and league, so I'm glad to be a part of it.
Based on a few guys I know that played overseas, they made about $1500-$2000 US/mo. They were also provided transportation and living arrangements. It's really just enough to live in from the sounds of it, until you start playing in the higher leagues or become a star player.
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Post by vb on Oct 31, 2014 16:29:59 GMT -5
Not sure how it is in Europe, but in Brazil the men's superliga averages a paltry 1531 per game and a total attendance of 36750 for the first 24 games of the season. That's probably close to the complete season average. Women's attendance should be similar as well. Thanks for that info. I've tried to find the info on the various league websites, tweeted players, asked clubs, asked leagues, this must be some very secret information. The Russian League is probably propped up by some oligarchs, and I'm fine with that. Italy - looks anywhere from 2,000 to 6,000. Belgium - looks much smaller, 1,000-2,5000. Finland - it is Finland, it cannot be very much. They don't draw much for soccer, not sure how they do in their hockey leagues. I don't have any videos to judge from Germany, France or Turkey, but guessing they are in the 1,000-4,000 range. Finland attendance is led by Raision Loimu (Kyle Masterson, Joe Klein, Spencer Rowe are the Americans) with over 1,000 a game. They really promote the USA players to up the attendance figures.
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Post by panicvb on Nov 1, 2014 8:02:12 GMT -5
$1,500-2,400 - with apartment and car... not bad for playing volleyball. Finland attendance info - thanks. == We need to start putting in avatars - we all look alike
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Post by haze on Jun 28, 2018 14:46:48 GMT -5
....nm
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