If you're wondering what Landon Donovan does in the off season, apparently it involves wearing makeup.

The MPAA and RIAA are trying to get a variation of the broadcast flag passed again. This sneaks in a lot of control that would stifle innovation and give the content mill owners a veto over new devices.  The full details and way to contact your representative are available on the EFF's site: Stop the MPAA and RIAA's Horror Triple Bill!

The unprotected analog outputs of computers will be, in perpetuity, restricted to either DRM-laden standards, or to a "constrained image", "no more than 350,000 pixels". Analog video which has been branded as "do not copy", will last for only ninety minutes only in the digital world - and will be erased, literally frame by frame, megabyte by megabyte, from your PC, without your control. You'll watch a two hour film, and as you watch the final half hour, the first few scenes will be being dissolved away by statute.

This is a great way to cut operating costs for the Women's team, and get more use out of each stadium. Now the only question is, will they Women's team be formally affilated with the Men's teams? I am skeptical, however, that if you have an MLS team you automatically have a buil in fan base for women's soccer. There will be some crossover, but it won't be significant.

It makes complete sense to place women's teams in the same market as men's teams, especially if they have a SSS. You have a built in fan base and you have a building designed for your sport. For any league to survive, it needs to make money, but your not going to make money if you have to rent a 60,000-seat football stadium for a 9,000-seat event.