More and more people are putting money into women's sports, especially volleyball. The latest round includes comedian Amy Schumer, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum and skiing legend Lindsey Vonn.
League One Volleyball has signed U.S. Olympians such as Justine Wong-Orantes, Jordan Thompson and Jordyn Poulter. The three are seen here during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where they won gold.League One Volleyball has signed U.S. Olympians such as Justine Wong-Orantes, Jordan Thompson and Jordyn Poulter. The three are seen here during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where they won gold.More and more people are putting more and more money into women's sports.
watched the University of Nebraska women's volleyball team play at the school's football stadium — setting a world record for attendance at a women's sporting event. Women's volleyball is seen as a ripe business opportunity: Despite producing elite athletes and competing at the highest levels internationally, the U.S. is an outlier because it doesn't have a women's full-season pro league, compared to other top countries such as Brazil, Japan and Turkey.
The new pro league is set to start preseason play in November 2024 — months after U.S. women's volleyball will get a chance to shine at the Summer Olympics in Paris, where they will be theSix pro teams will compete in LOVB, with one unnamed city set to join Atlanta, Houston, Madison, Wis., Omaha, Neb., and Salt Lake City.Athletes Unlimited Volleyball
was first out of the gate among several new pro indoor volleyball leagues. It follows an unconventional format, where team lineups shift and organizers diverge from traditional rules to inject excitement into the competition during a brief tournament-style season.The Pro Volleyball Federation is set to start playing early next year in Atlanta; Columbus, Ohio; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Orlando, Fla.; San Diego; and Omaha. A team in Dallas is set to join for the following season.
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