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[Kyle]

David Beckham signed a 5 year, $250 million contract to play in the MLS today. I don't care what sport you play, a million dollars a week is to much money to pay for a player. The Minnesota Vikings, AS A TEAM, we're bought for $600 million a couple years ago. Over the next 5 years Beckham will make almost half as much as the Vikings team costs. Too much money!

[Jeff]

Dude. This is going to be hilarious. He is going to absolutely own everyone. This will probably make me want to play soccer again xD.

About the money...he's popular. What else is there to say?

Eventually he'll be like..."Oh, America sucks. Oh well...let's go back to England. Cheeri-o."

He WILL get bored. There is almost no inspiration for soccer over here.

[Jeff]

Exactly.
It literally took me awhile to figure out what MLS was. xD
Then I figured it was like MLB.

lmao. It's pretty much the most unpopular thing in the united states. Except for croquet.

[Kyle]

lmao. It's pretty much the most unpopular thing in the united states. Except for croquet.

Actually there is a decent following, although obviously not near what it is in Europe or other parts of the world. The people that follow it are young, and cant spend the money on tickets, merchandise, or on-demand type channels to see their teams whole season. Thats my theory anyway.

[Plew]

I still cant believe that David Beckham went to the MLS. IF was him i would have stayed on Real

[bjquick]

when u look at david beckham the older he got ( the more money he paided ) he got worse as a player. he is overated and shouldnt be paided as much. as for soccer in america i hope it goes well but there are alreadu too many main sports but hey look at australia they are bringing soccer bak

[Greeny]

Yeh, until 2005 we didnt even have soccer telivised, i didnt even know my town had a team in it lol. But yeh like there is baseball, basketball, football (the one with that ball, the gruniden or something) etc.

[Silk]

Yeah, he's a bit of an attention whore. Knows he can't play for shit in the real football leagues, so he goes over to some place with crappy soccer leagues. Plus I doubt he's gonna stand out with LA Galaxy either, he isn't gonna own anyone.

[Frizzle]

Yeah, he's a bit of an attention whore. Knows he can't play for shit in the real football leagues, so he goes over to some place with crappy soccer leagues. Plus I doubt he's gonna stand out with LA Galaxy either, he isn't gonna own anyone.

Lol shows your knowledge of football.

David Beckham had an extensive and sucessful career in the FA Premier Leauge, I mean he boosted his Man U squad with over 60 goals, with a lethal free kick and a deadly cross, he gathered many more assists.

He was the Captain of the English Squad which must count for something (although you're not English so you probably won't feel as strongly as others do), and scored many times for them aswell.

As for Real Madrid, he played a few games, got a few goals, but Real Madrid are a shit team because they have a crappy team chemistry, trying to buy all the big names, I.E why they went for David Beckham, but not cut out for the starting XI, when you have ZZ, Ronaldo, Raul, amongst others on your squad.

And what the fuck do you mean not stand out in LA Galaxy? He's worth around 130 million quid this bloke, and the top signing for the LA Galaxy is worth 450k. Tell me he won't own anyone? Psh.

I don't think he's done it for attention, or the money, the guys set for life with the amount of cash, him and his family just probably wanted to try something a bit different then sitting on a bench in Spain 2/3 times a week.

[Bilal]

lol....yeah i think he wanted a change as well as his family...but still i think he should have come back to EPL...

[Vegas]

Wasnt he bench on Real Madrid. Its kind of a sellout but if he wasnt getting any game time on Real Madrid I would've done the same thing.

But man, thats a fuckin lot of money for an athelete. Damn I think he makes more money a year than Shaq and Kobe combined.

[Kyle]

Lol shows your knowledge of football.

David Beckham had an extensive and sucessful career in the FA Premier Leauge, I mean he boosted his Man U squad with over 60 goals, with a lethal free kick and a deadly cross, he gathered many more assists.

He was the Captain of the English Squad which must count for something (although you're not English so you probably won't feel as strongly as others do), and scored many times for them aswell.

As for Real Madrid, he played a few games, got a few goals, but Real Madrid are a shit team because they have a crappy team chemistry, trying to buy all the big names, I.E why they went for David Beckham, but not cut out for the starting XI, when you have ZZ, Ronaldo, Raul, amongst others on your squad.

And what the fuck do you mean not stand out in LA Galaxy? He's worth around 130 million quid this bloke, and the top signing for the LA Galaxy is worth 450k. Tell me he won't own anyone? Psh.

I don't think he's done it for attention, or the money, the guys set for life with the amount of cash, him and his family just probably wanted to try something a bit different then sitting on a bench in Spain 2/3 times a week.

None of that makes him, or anyone else, worth a million dollars a week. He was a very good player in his prime, a good player now, but he isn't the greatest person to ever play sports, which is how much hes getting paid.

[Frizzle]

Oh come on, the wages aren't purely based on his skills, no-one would pay that much for a player in his 30's. Most of it is due to his image and what he will bring to football in America.

[Kyle]

Oh come on, the wages aren't purely based on his skills, no-one would pay that much for a player in his 30's. Most of it is due to his image and what he will bring to football in America.

Yea, but in your earlier post you were making a case for how amazingly good he is. He is very well known across the world, but really...$250 million?
I don't really think hes going to bring near as much to MLS as everyone is suspecting. I think the people that are going to be interested in soccer, already are. I mean, I doubt I'll watch any soccer until the World Cup, and going to a soccer game isn't on my top 10 list of things to do in LA, or anywhere else for that matter. I just think its over hyped.

[Frizzle]

Not enough media attention is the reason. Plus Zulfi was saying he was crap, even though he's easily one of the top 100 players in the world..

[Hawk]

David Beckham signed a 5 year, $250 million contract to play in the MLS today. I don't care what sport you play, a million dollars a week is to much money to pay for a player. The Minnesota Vikings, AS A TEAM, we're bought for $600 million a couple years ago. Over the next 5 years Beckham will make almost half as much as the Vikings team costs. Too much money!

Still not as big as A-Rod's 252 million dollar deal. Although he has to play for 10 years, Beckham is only signed for 5 It is WAY too much money.

Speaking of the Vikings- I'm so happy Red McCombs sold the team. Now we actually have a chance at doing something good, too bad we have Childress and a POS offense though I'm really excited to see what Jackson can do next season though, and Johnson needs to retire, he had his run in Tampa, his time is over.

[Grizzly]

$250mil is pretty outrageous.. but if you think about it buying a player from another COUNTRY's team is on a different level than buying a player from a different team.

[Kyle]

$250mil is pretty outrageous.. but if you think about it buying a player from another COUNTRY's team is on a different level than buying a player from a different team.

That is a good point that I didn't think of. Its like the Red Sox getting Matsuzaka. He was SEVERELY over paid for, also.

[Bryan]

I'm American. Too be honest, the only soccer players I know are Pele, Zidabe & Beckham. Beckham, mainly for the movie.

Face it, Soccer in America blows. LA paid so much for Beckham so they can make money when stadiums sell out to see the guy from the movie.

[Kyle]

David Beckham gets benched!

MADRID, Spain (AP) -- David Beckham won't play again for Real Madrid after announcing his departure at the end of the season for the Los Angeles Galaxy of the MLS, coach Fabio Capello said Saturday.

"He is not going to play any more. He will practice, but he is not going to play," Capello said at a news conference.

Beckham announced this week he will not extend his contract with Real Madrid when it expires in June and is instead leaving for the Galaxy and a five-year deal.

"The player's decision is to go to Los Angeles. He has always been a great professional, but a player who has such a major contract with another team ... we cannot count on him," Capello said. "I think one cannot have the same drive if one is already with another team."

[Ashaide]

It's a different story in the UK. They say he will earn $168 Million... $500,000 a week... I am sure Posh put him up to it...

[Frizzle]

It's a different story in the UK. They say he will earn $168 Million... $500,000 a week... I am sure Posh put him up to it...

Where did you read that? Because it's wrong.

He'll earn 168 million POUNDS and 500,000k BP a week.

[otherworld]

gos whats all the fuss about beckham he hasnt been able to kick a ball properly for the last 4 years

watch and england game and see how many of his crosses/free kicks amount to anything. crosses either hit first man or are too deep. free kicks generally hit the wall 90% of the time

he was good at man U. thats the only good time i ahve ever seen him play apart from his early england career

David Beckham had an extensive and sucessful career in the FA Premier Leauge, I mean he boosted his Man U squad with over 60 goals, with a lethal free kick and a deadly cross, he gathered many more assists.

and how long ago was man U

and 60 goals sounds good at first but i think ronaldo might beat that and he has one of the worst shots I have ever seen

Edited by otherworld, 16 January 2007 - 07:29 AM.