MANILA, Philippines – For the first time in its seven-year history, the Premier Volleyball League will hold its first rookie drafting rites this July and will be done via lottery that the league would televise or live-stream for everyone to see.
“Yes, we would be having our first rookie draft possibly this July or just b efore the Reinforced Conference,” said PVL commissioner Sherwin Malonzo. “Maybe we could have it live streamed for transparency.”
Malonzo said the ceremony would be similar to the drafting lottery done in the National Basketball Association wherein the teams that placed at the bottom of the standings will get the best chance of claiming the best picks.
“To avoid tanking, the system we’ll use will give the last placed team from the 12 a 40% chance, the second to last 30%, the third and fourth to last 20% and 10%,” he said.
The last-placed team from the just concluded All-Filipino Conference was Strong Group Athletics followed by Capital 1 Solar, Galeries Tower and Farm Fresh, which wound up 11th, 10th and ninth, respectively.
Only the last four squad s would take part in the lottery as the fifth pick goes automatically to No. 8 Nxled, sixth to No. 7 Akari, seventh to No. 6 Cignal, and eighth to No. 5 PLDT.
The last four picks of the first round goes to No. 4 Chery Tiggo, No. 3 Petro Gazz, No. 2 Choco Mucho and newly crowned All-Filipino Conference champion Creamline.
And the second rou nd will start with SGA getting the first pick and so on and so forth.
This draft meant the old practice of franchises directly hiring players from the collegiate ranks will no l onger be allowed.
MANILA, Philippines — Thai actor Win Metawin is the latest individual who will be performing at the Miss Universe Philippines (MUPH) 2024 coronation night.
The “2Gether” and “F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers” star joins local band Lola Amour and drag queen Marina Summers as performers of the event to be held on May 22 in Mall of Asia Arena.
He recently starred in the film “Under Parallel Skies” opposite Janella Salvador, which shot on location in Hong Kong.
MUPH previously announced that actress Gabbi Garcia, host-personality Tim Yap, and Miss Universe co-host Jeannie Mai Jenkins will accompany actor Alden Richards and Miss Universe 2022 R’Bonney Gabriel for hosting duties.
Over 50 delegates are vying to succeed Michelle Dee and represent the Philippines at the 73rd Miss Universe pageant to be held in Mexico later this year.
Frontrunners Alexie Brooks of Iloilo City and Ahtisa Manalo of Quezon Province were among the Top 5 for the fan-voted Runway Challenge alongside Leyte’s Angel Rosa Tambal, Florida’s Matea Mahal Smith, and Quirino’s Stephanie Faye Gerona.
Brooks and Manalo also finished in the Top 5s of MUPH interview and swimsuit challenges, as well as the Top 3 of the casting reel challenge with Bacoor’s Victoria Velasquez Vincent.
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