Malkia Strikers coach Paul Bitok wants the women's league to be canceled altogether to pave way for the start of the 2022-23 season next month.
Bitok said allowing the league, which has been in recess since May to proceed to the playoffs, will interfere with the FIVB calendar which Kenya hopes to align with.
"Ideally, it will be pretty difficult to head to the playoffs considering the FIVB calendar commences in November. The federation has to adjust to the jumbled up calendar next year where Malkia will take part in three competitions if we want to avoid further interference," he said.
Bitok, who guided Malkia to a fifth-place finish in Pool A of the World Championship that ended on Saturday in the Netherlands and Poland, added that the mid-season player transfers further complicates an already tricky situation.
"Some players for example moved from KCB to DCI midway in the season having already played for the bankers; so what happens? popped up Bitok."
"We must have a level playing field for everyone to embrace competition. Pipeline have lost Veronicah Adhiambo while KCB will be without the services of Sharon Chepchumba after sealing their moves abroad."
Bitok, the former decade-long-serving Rwanda coach, also proposed the league be played on a weekend basis with the home and away fixture format a real possibility.
"The only way to make the league vibrant is to be played on a regular basis. The home and away system must be considered," he said.
Kenya led the African standings after the World Championship. The Mercy Moim-captained Kenya Queens displaced fiercest rivals to the top spot and are 19th globally. Malkia managed a solitary win in the quadrennial show coincidentally against Cameroon who exited the show with zero wins.
"We proved once again we are a force to reckon with. We have already qualified for the Volleyball Nations League and that will be a platform to expose the players," he noted.
"We have All African Games, African Nations Championship and World Cup qualifiers next year and we need to plan as early as possible to avoid last-minute rushes."
"However, the priority will be to win the Africa Nations Cup."
