So maybe I have too much time on my hands, but this issue has really been bugging me.
The issue I speak of is Beckham coming to the states. As we all know, the US isn't exactly pro soccer obsessed.
We also know that Beckham is suppossed to be quite the soccer player.
This raises the question, why would a pro soccer player choose to leave Europe for the states?
Is he selling out for even more money or does he actually believe that he's going to somehow makes soccer popular in the states?
Is it possible for him to make the sport popular? Is the addition of one celebrity going to change American's minds?
I mean, we all know he's pretty, but that doesn't mean I want to watch him play. I just get to see more pictures of him in my US weekly magazine.
To me, this whole thing is a blatent attempt to become popular and rich. It is the exact reason why professional sports need to instill a little more integrity.
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As many people will quickly point out, Beckham has passed his prime as a footballer. He is still a very good player no doubt, but he no longer plays as well as he once did. His fading skills has landed him on the bench more often then he should and he is no longer in the starting line up.
The MLS (as you may recall from the the MLS presentation) have a history of hiring football stars from Europe and Latin America who have passed their prime. Making the MLS sort of like a retirement home.
I think Becks will probably bring some attention to soccer in the U.S. and he probably believes that he can help popularizes the sport. Whether or not he'll succeed remains to be seen.
Now the money certainly has some influences. $250m over five years (approx. 1 millions a week) surely makes for a convincing arguement. But for someone who is worth quite a bit already (£24.5m for going to Real Mardid, plus countless millions in endorsement from Adidas, Vodafone, etc.), money may not be the determining factor. Posh Spice's ambition to becoming a hollywood celebrity probably some weight as well.
And don't forget Tom Cruise. Apparently, the Cruises and the Beckhams are friends and we all know that Scientologists have magically powers us regular folks do not.
Felix speaks the truth.
Not that my endorsement means much but I think he's making the right choice.
The alternative is making the rounds across European clubs and tarnishing his legacy (and this excludes that as grand poohbah of metrosexuality) as his skills and performances inevitably erode.
I think the decision to play soccer in the US is similar to deciding which retirement home is right for you and the missus - and LA isn't a bad one as it goes - heck it's like the old saying, if you can't get Muhammed to come to the mountain... you'll have to bring Branson, Missouri to Muhammed... or am I getting that wrong.
Besides now T.Naught can go kickabout with him when he's out in LA on bidness. They're the same age right?
Beckham isn't widely liked here, he's more of a pop culture celebrity than a great football player
i guess we're 'roughly' the same age... kind of like the girl i went out with the other night looked 'roughly' like his wife...
except that she was a man
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