The Japan Volleyball League Organization announced Tuesday its plan to set up a new "Super League" aimed at professionalizing the sport starting in the fall of 2018.
The group, which organizes the top-division V. Premier League and the second-tier Challenge League, said it will solicit teams that want to play in the new league through the end of November and will go ahead with the plan if six or more squads express their intention to take part.
If there are less than six that raise their hand, the organization will forego the scheme. The current Premier and Challenge leagues, largely made up of corporate teams, will remain intact regardless of what happens with the plan.