Nothing firm yet on a WUSA comeback but it seems that the business minds are triumphing over the go-it-aloners.

Payne suggested that MLS and WUSA teams should work together, saying, "It's silly to replicate the cost structure, the operating and administrative structure that already exists.

Today I'm releasing a simple php calendar output class. Nothing I looked at quite fit the bill for what I wanted, plus I think its part of being an INTP that I usually prefer to write stuff like this from scratch. It was a great excercise for really learning my way around all the different date functions in php. If you find it useful, let me know what you use it in.

From the NY Times, Salaries Provide Window Into M.L.S.

For years, it had been assumed that the league's eight teams operated under a strict salary cap, with maximum salaries set at \$280,000 and minimums at \$25,000. The facts are quite different. As a single-entity operation, where the league negotiates and owns all player contracts, exceptions are quite common. According to the list, 14-year-old Freddy Adu, who will be the first selection in the league's draft Friday in Charlotte, N.C., is the highest-paid player, due to make \$500,000 this year with D.C. United. What is more sobering is the large number of young, mostly American players who earn less than \$50,000 a year. In all, the average salary is \$80,862, with a decidedly middle-class median of \$52,250. D.C. United has the highest payroll over all, at \$2.75 million; Dallas has the lowest, at \$741,515.

Keep in mind that the payroll totals the NY times article gives doesn't include players who are out of contract or renegotiating with the league. For example, Dallas' low payroll is certain to go up as they have 2 major players slots to fill.