I don't even like soccer, much less respect it as a sport, but I do like Posh Spice's work and realize that David Beckham signing a deal to play with MLS' LA Galaxy is a pretty big deal (not just because he will be making 250 million for 5 years). If people start to show up at the games and Beckham continues to put butts in the seats, this will almost certainly lead to other European stars signing reasonably large contracts to finish their careers across the pond. I fear that even more people in the US will care too much about a bad sport now.
However, I am looking forward to the complete over exposure/idolatry of the Beckham family on all Mtv and VH1 shows. I hope VH1 makes a statue of Beckham's Golden Calf out of the melted down gold from Flava Flav's grills.
* I would like to add that his deal is apparently 5 years for $250,000,000 (salary + endorsements). Now, I don't know how they are factoring endorsements into his contract in this case, but that much money for a player of his status isn't all that egregious. Tiger Woods makes way more than 50 million per year after endorsements and Michael Jordan is still probably higher than that amount and he's only got endorsements now. I guess what I'm saying is don't read too much into this $50 mil per year just yet. If it turns out that the team is paying all of that money, then you can shit your pants. I know I will.
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