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.
[2] In November 2020, the PVL announced that the league would turn professional starting the 2021 season,[2] believing it has enough women players to make the move.
[6] 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.
[7] 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.
[8] 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[9] Both tournaments were later postponed to next year.