This is the question that comes to mind as 4 teams, all of them V-League pioneers, begged off from the second conference of the V-League's Season 8.
La Salle and UST, former V-League champions who were both absent in the first conference, were joined in the sidelines by another set of former champions, namely Adamson and FEU. All four teams cited the academic load of their student-athletes as reasons for not participating.
