In fact, we've seen some old PBA players joining the MPBL like Cardona, Hubalde and Pingris I think (correct me).
It is only a matter of time that MPBL will be joining the mainstream and will be one of the leagues that we will be watching on television aside from the PBA. It will become more popular after this pandemic when everything is ok already like watching in basketball games with no restrictions etc. If PBA will not consider adding more teams in the future, there might be a chance that some talented players will rather join the MPBL than PBA.

PBA won't really last that long given the fact that they're more interested in making money rather than hearing what the teams/players needs and the fans voices, also PBA is obviously deteriorating inside and out and surely they can't deny that fact, that's why there's lots of other competitors now emerges like MPBL and FilBasket with hopes that they can give more chance to the talented local people who aspires to be a basketball star and play in the professional leagues.

They are still the first option from most young aspirants, but it's true because of those alternative competitions and with overseas offers, PBA needs to adjust and hear what fans wanted, if they'll continue being like this, in which only few voices are being heard fans will soon find other leagues to support.

Remember that Chooks-to-go is now a legit partner of MPBL. If good business relations between business prosper, we don't know how far Mr. M and Sen. Pacman would go and aim for more success. 

PBA has the support of big businesses of our country so i don't think that it will die that easy.

MPBL, though consider a professional league but talent-wise, its players are not comparable to the PBA players. MPBL also only has the support of Manny Pacquiao, if he loses in this election i think his support to MPBL will gradually die down and the league will be disband once again.

MPBL has the problem of logistics and tv coverage and it needs tons of money to address this issues so i don't think that they can sustain for a long time if this issues can't be fixed.

Most likely it is.

They say there's a monopoly within, that's so obvious because a certain team owner can own multiple teams, and if their team played each other, that game is could be influenced by the decision of the team owner which would result in a bigayan or rigged game although they'll not gonna say it's happening but it's too obvious.

Actually, there's a good advantage to that since without SMC, the league won't be last long. SMC is a good foundation that backing up the league. They also played a big role why PBA able to sustain their operation even with pandemic.

What I dislike is, these companies control the trade. Instead of talents are being distributed and spread to the teams, they are owning the talented players from these lower teams.

That's the only complaint I will raised regarding big companies.

There's an advantage too but it's only in the tough times, I guess even if SMC did not own the majority of the teams the league will still survive if the team owners are capable of raising funds to continue its operation. What I'm trying to say is if the NBA were able to continue despite the pandemic, then that kind of setup would definitely work in the Philippines.

Manipulation and monopoly have already root in the system, it won't change unless they are willing to make changes for good.

I doubt that. There are teams already in the league that shows unable to handle the cost of their operation even before the pandemic. SMC is the only one who remains tough since the beginning that's why I doubt that the league will reach the current status of popularity if SMC only owned 1 or 2 teams.

But regardless, and again, I'm not really concerned about the dominance of a single or two companies in the league. It's just that, these big companies can influence the trade and according to them, the trade is mostly "fair".

Does anyone with the latest news about the resume of the league? Manila will be on Alert Level 3 for the whole month and that was way too long to wait. I guess PBA should now consider a semi-bubble setup on the areas under Alert Level 2.

The time is running and postponing the current conference for a much longer period will affect the opening of the new season this year.

These imports are being paid so they have nothing else to do but wait or maybe just condition themselves thru exercise in their respective rooms. At least in that way they will not just sit and wait.

Well, I did a quick search on google regarding the updates of the PBA and I saw this. LINK
Its also stated in that article that Pasig City Mayor allowed PBA to play in Ynares Center as long as it is in a bubble set up but it seems like Commissioner Marcial is seeing the Bubble as the least option for them.

TBH, they are in a spot like in 2020 where they need to make a move where there are pros and cons. If they continue their current set-up, it might affect more people and other players. If they will pursue the bubble set-up, the spread rate might be lower to none but the revenue of the league is obviously lower. Its like a "Pick your poison" game for them. I think lets just wait for what they will do and lets hope that the cases will go lower within the next days to weeks.