I can see American football taking off after this... there's another team interested in Edgar Davids too... although Davids is pretty much finished. Beckham still has 4 good years in him, and will be a massive boost for LA Galaxy.
To David Beckham the deal is worth 80p ($1.35) a second, over 5 years... or 128 million pounds.
Davids was finished the day he ended up at spurs, Beckham may have a few good years left in him, he may not, considering he has so much money it is amazing how much money still influences him.
I think it'll be good for football over in the U.S. Who cares how much he's making... all the good to him, If that's how he wants to live his life...
Yeah, Davids was finished the day he ended up at spurs... my thoughts exactly.
Football popularity has grown quite a lot in the U.S. over the past few years. I think Beckham going over and showing them how to kick it will only help the sport.
Holy shit. He earns $1.35/second? I just worked it out and I earn ~0.04 cents a second.
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Real football, Vi. The sport where you kick the ball with your feet. He's a central midfielder, but can also play on the right as he has done for England many times over his long career.
American football will receive a boost from this, especially more so the youth of America. Beckham has amazing feet when it comes to set pieces.
Wanna see some amazing feet? Check out Reggie Bush. *lol*
Does the U.S. have the fan base for another "football" game? I, for one, have overdosed on American football ... and the playoffs are just beginning.
I actually would watch at least one game where Beckham was playing just to see what all the talk is about. But after that ... it would probably be back to American football for me. I like the rock-em, sock-em aspect of American football.
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No one can be worth that much money just to do a job that lasts 90mins a week...I think its time to put a cap on the amount of money clubs can spend on players as soon NO one but the best teams will be able to Buy good players
The reason he has gone to the USA is he knows its over...If he had come back to england them maybe he would have reached his 100th cap for his country
And this just shows he choose MONEY over FOOTBALL...!
maclaren said beckham will never play for england again. If I was beckham I'd do exactly the same. Why shouldn't beckham have left man u? the way I see it, he had no choice.
What do you care how much footballers get paid? It doesn't come out of your pocket.
If Beckham is going to the u.s. because he knows it's over, how could he be good enough to reach his 100th cap?
And as for buying good players... there are good players everywhere, not all of them costing millions of pounds... look at Reading.
maclaren said beckham will never play for england again. If I was beckham I'd do exactly the same. Why shouldn't beckham have left man u? the way I see it, he had no choice.
No you just read he had no choice....Beckham just got to big for his boots and cared more about what he looked like and where he was at then playing for manchester united
What do you care how much footballers get paid? It doesn't come out of your pocket.
So who has to pay £30-£50 to go and watch a top fight game? add a couple of kids into that and your looking at a £100 a game
I dont care but thats just way to much to pay anyone
If Beckham is going to the u.s. because he knows it's over, how could he be good enough to reach his 100th cap?
WHY....? The english league is one of the fastest and best leagues in the world you only have to look at the amount of players that have tried to play over here but just didnt like it
And playing at the best level he could may have given maclaren something to watch every week it would only take a few ppl to get knocked out for 6 months for him to have to think about putting him back in the side
And as for buying good players... there are good players everywhere, not all of them costing millions of pounds... look at Reading.
But they dont stand a chance of wining anything yeah there wining games but just dont have that edge