Major League Volleyball
Major League Volleyball may refer to: * Major League Volleyball (1987) Major League Volleyball (MLV) was a women's professional sports, professional volleyball league in the United States. It was established in 1987 and disbanded during its third season on March 20, 1989. The league was launched in 1987 with six ..., a defunct league that played in 1987–1989 * Major League Volleyball (2026), a future league to commence play in 2026. {{Disambiguation ...
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Major League Volleyball (1987)
Major League Volleyball (MLV) was a women's professional sports, professional volleyball league in the United States. It was established in 1987 and disbanded during its third season on March 20, 1989. The league was launched in 1987 with six teams consisting of nine players per team, most of them former Olympians or college All-Americans. According to the league's first commissioner, Steve Arnold, each MLV player received a base salary of $5,500 per season. Bonuses were awarded to teams for each victory and for a top-three finish, while the team that won the league championship received $25,000. Bonuses were also awarded to players for excelling in one of six statistical categories. For example, the player who was best in serving aces got an extra $3,000. The egalitarian pay scale made contract negotiations unnecessary. There were no independent team owners during the first two years of the league's existence. Instead, there were essentially six major shareholders. "It was a ...
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