Right before the Japanese national championship volleyball tournament – V.League started, the Japanese volleyball federation had a new announcement to protect its athletes.
Hiroyuki Kokubun, Chairman of the BTC V.League recently in the press conference, briefly shared the overview of the next season as well as the effort to prevent the illegal videos and images posted.
Accordingly, photos or videos of female athletes taken from “sensitive” angles or showing sexy in football fields will be banned on the internet or social networks.
The V.League BTC will notify this ban at the competition locations, if the photos or videos with the above content are posted, they will be able to face the risk of lawsuits.
BTC will also report and delete each user on network platforms when posting images and videos that are thought to be sensitive of athletes.
In addition, women's volleyball teams are also instructed to not start and stretch before, after each match in areas with audiences.
In addition to the above announcement, the schedule of the Japanese league volleyball tournament is also announced. Accordingly, the group stage of men will take place from October 22-26, while the female content will take place from October 29-26.
The knockout matches will take place from April 8. In this year's V.League season, the owner Tran Thi Thanh Thuy will have a second consecutive year for the PFU Blue Cats Club.