The true currency of Kerala volleyball is not prize money, which is modest, but the "gate" – that roaring crowd. A phenomenal dig or spike during a big tournament, like the Vallamkali Cup, gets you noticed by club scouts in the stands, not from a village league score sheet. My own reporting trip to Kollam last monsoon, watching a local lad get pulled aside after a match by a veteran coach while the rain poured, proved the system works on sharp eyes, not databases.
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