Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is the newest investor in an upstart ladies’s volleyball league.
Burrow and his dad and mom, Jimmy and Robin Burrow, are founding companions of the Professional Volleyball Federation, the league introduced in a press release on Thursday. The league is scheduled to start play in February 2024.
“My household and I are thrilled to place our help behind this nice alternative for world-class volleyball athletes,” Burrow mentioned in a press release issued by the league. “Nobody ever achieves greatness with out first being offered a chance. Professional Volleyball Federation is opening the door, and we’re excited to see these athletes chase their goals and targets.”
In accordance with the discharge, Orlando Magic governor Dan DeVos and former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer are among the many founding companions within the upstart league.
Early in his professional profession, Burrow has been concerned with firms or foundations with ties to Ohio, the place he lived for many of his childhood. Dave Winham, one of many PVF’s co-founders is predicated out of Columbus, which is roughly 75 miles from Burrow’s hometown of Athens.
Within the assertion launched by the league, Winham cited his ties to Jimmy Burrow within the announcement of the household’s involvement.
“I’ve identified Jimmy for a very long time, and in the course of the time we now have labored to construct this league, the Burrow household has turn into extraordinarily keen about our collective imaginative and prescient to develop a league primarily based on high quality, viability, equity, and treating our gamers the appropriate manner,” Winham mentioned in a press release.
The Burrow household has publicly elevated its off-field endeavors this 12 months. In October, they launched the Joe Burrow Basis, with Burrow serving as a the president, Jimmy Burrow because the vice chairman and Robin Burrow as the inspiration’s secretary. The muse goals to serve underprivileged individuals in Ohio and Louisiana, the place Burrow completed his school profession.