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Bendover for Beckham
January 11, 2007$250 million. Seriously.
The L.A. Galaxy signed aging soccer phenom David Beckham. Better known as Spice Girl, Posh Spice's husband.
He's a heck of a player, but I can't justify him making as much as Alex Rodriguez.
He's leaving one of the best European teams, Real Madrid, and he going to the glits and glam of Hollywood.
And boy does he have great hair.
The man's crosses, or his ability to pass the ball a long distance, are legendary. In some games for Manchester United, the Yankees of Europe, he was the man who sealed the deal for their championship runs.
But that was something like 10 years ago.
It's a big contract, but the silver lining is that MLS is committed to growth in the U.S. I love watching soccer, but it has to be competitive soccer or local high school games.
The World Cup is the best and the Premiership, in England, and then Series A, in Italy, rank right behind that.
Hopefully the U.S. can lure a couple more aging stars. Zinedine Zidane anyone?
He might be the head-butt king to most of the U.S., but boy does he play a mean game of futbal.
Game on.
Posted by Clayton Hein at 4:29 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
