Does any one know if players can talk to other teams while they are still suited up? Or do they have to resign before they can talk to other teams?
I would probably guess that there is an end date of the annual contract. Player cannot leave before that date, which is probably uniform for all teams in the V.LEAGUE. Now, could discussions take place, I would think so.
I forgot to bring this up but Shinnabe won V.League Achievement Award and articles are saying she's the third person to win it. Who were the other 2 who won the award before?
I would probably guess that there is an end date of the annual contract. Player cannot leave before that date, which is probably uniform for all teams in the V.LEAGUE. Now, could discussions take place, I would think so.
I always took the Black Eagle Flag as the end of the "season" and assumed contract end dates would be then ... but now that I think about it, I have seen players announce their "退団" before then.
When I think of Shiori Aratani, for example, I bet she had something lined up with Himeji before she decided to 退団 or 区分 from NEC. Add to that the peculiarity of Japanese players who work for the company that sponsors their team so they also need to know about job prospects before 退団ing or 区分ing.
Anyway, I'm hoping for some good movement this spring and summer.
I forgot to bring this up but Shinnabe won V.League Achievement Award and articles are saying she's the third person to win it. Who were the other 2 who won the award before?
Saori Kimura and Mai Yamaguchi
This pretty girl will probably win the next one:
Sat 06 Mar 2021
12:00 Kurobe v Saitama -- Toyama Western Sports Center, Tonami City
13:00 Toray v NEC -- Utsunomiya City Gymnasium, Tochigi
13:30 Okayama v JT -- Sanyo Fureai Park Gymnasium, Akaiwa City Okayama
14:30 Denso v Himeji -- Toyama Western Sports Center, Tonami City
16:00 Toyota v SAGA -- Sanyo Fureai Park Gymnasium, Akaiwa City Okayama
Sun 07 Mar 2021
13:00 Toray v Hitachi-- Utsunomiya City Gymnasium, Tochigi
13:00 Kurobe v PFU -- Toyama Western Sports Center, Tonami City
13:00 Okayama v SAGA -- Sanyo Fureai Park Gymnasium, Akaiwa City Okayama
15:30 JT v Toyota -- Sanyo Fureai Park Gymnasium, Akaiwa City Okayama
I will be watching this:
Sat 06 Mar 2021 V2
13:00 Breath Hamamatsu v Gunma Bank Green Wings
If Breath Hamamatsu wins 3–0 (like they did in their first meeting this season) they will finish 2nd and my Brilliant Allies will be Champions. If Gunma Bank wins ONE SET they will be Champions, Brilliant Aries in 2nd. Super fierce.
Gunma Bank are the defending Champions and Hamamatsu finished in last place last year. They are both good teams and I like them both but Rags-to-Riches for Hamamatsu is a better story and it allows for Brilliant Aries to grab the title they deserve. Ergo ...
Feel Our Breath
Saitama Coach:
Is this dude for real... I bet if he could speak Japanese those girls would be in such a toxic state already.
This was my year of trying to learn about the Arenas. I learned about 10–15% of what I want to know -- which is a 10–15% increase year over year 
Next year I'm going to work on the commentators 
Hmm ... There's people at this Kurobe show 
They said these were all going to be remote matches. I guess Kurobe isn't in the danger zone.
Actually none of tonight's matches are tagged as remote. I guess the OGs are on!
Simone Lee is sporting some beautiful Kurobe-colored baby blue hair
It is true those PFU forfeited matches are in the books as:
Toray 3–0 PFU [25–0, 25–0, 25–0]
Saitama 3–0 PFU [25–0, 25–0, 25–0]
PFU might would have lost those matches 3–0 anyway, but the points rate is a big advantage for Toray and Saitama should a tie breaker come down to it 
Never thought I'd find myself dreading a long rally, but they really get this announcer dude wound up 