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How will MDL, MPL mid-season transfers work?

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Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Ralph " Adrales="" does="" pre-game="" pleasantries="" ahead="" of="" match="" against="" Blacklist="" International="" in="" MPL="" Season="" Rapidoot="" will="" move="" down="" the="" MDL="" as="" he="" focuses="" on="" his="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/02/11/02112023-how-will-mdl,-mpl-mid-season-transfers-work.jpg"/><figcaption>Ralph &quot;Rapidoot&quot; Adrales does pre-game pleasantries ahead of Onic Philippines&#x27; match against Blacklist International in MPL Season 10. Rapidoot will move down the MDL as he focuses on his studies. Blacklist International </figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - Perhaps the most prominent change heading into the 2023 competitive year of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is the introduction of the ML:BB Development League in the Philippines. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/02/07/23/onic-ph-captain-moves-to-mdl-to-focus-on-studies">Mobile Legends: Onic PH captain moves to dev&#x27;t league as he focuses on studies</a></li></ul>While the concept is familiar (with Indonesia adopting the system for years now), this concept of promoting, and demoting players from one league to another is fairly new in the Philippine Mobile Legends: Bang Bang scene. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/09/16/22/evos-legends-explains-why-dlar-moved-to-mdl-team">Mobile Legends: EVOS Legends explains why they shifted Dlar to MDL</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/01/31/23/mobile-legends-dlars-goal-for-2023-play-in-m-series">Mobile Legends: Dlar&#x27;s goal for 2023? Play in world championships</a></li></ul>We break down the transfer rules: Ten teams will participate in the MDL, most of which have parent MPL franchise teams. This means, GameLab and ZOL Esports cannot participate in the mid-season transfer prices, Moonton Marketing and Business Development Specialist Maui Tang said during the MPL Season 11 press conference, held virtually Friday afteroon. Transfers - called &quot;mid-season transfers&quot; may happen every Monday from Feb. 20 to March 27, between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Teams may only transfer players once a week, and players may only be transferred once in the entire season. &quot;A player that has been transferred to another league may not go back to their league of origin once the transfer is finalized,&quot; the rules read. Franchises may only transfer MDL to MPL teams thrice per season, while MPL to MDL transfers are &quot;unlimited per season&quot; provided they follow the roster caps per season. MDL&#x27;s first season will kick off on Feb. 15 while MPL&#x27;s 11th season will kick off on Feb. 17.

While the concept has been done in Indonesia's competitive circuit, the process of promoting and demoting players between both leagues is new in the Filipino competitive scene. 

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How will MDL, MPL mid-season transfers work?

Angela Coloma,

ABS-CBN News

Published February 11, 2023 01:19 PM PHT

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Updated February 11, 2023 01:34 PM PHT

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