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David Beckham, probably one of the most recognizable athletes in the world is coming to LA. He has marketed his image well to have the name and the image that are worth millions of dollars. His contract with soccer powerhouse Real Madrid will expire in June. The Real Madrid team is kind of like the Yankees are in Baseball–they have the money to stack the team with the world’s best–but realized that Beckham is not that great of a player. He’s actually pretty mediocre. He has a fantastic kick (hence the movie “Bend it like Beckham”) but that’s about it.
The LA Galaxy must be pretty excited for securing Beckham (five year contract worth $250 Million)–I am sure his image and name will garner great publicity for the team and for the MLS in general–but in terms of counting on scoring a star player, the team probably paid way too much money on a mediocre player. At least now we will have more than just Brad and Angelina fill our tabloids!
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I agree that he’s past his prime, but a mediocre player for Real Madrid is probably a star in MLS.
Probably… Though I meant to say he’s a mediocre player all-around.
His passing and free kicks are some of the best in the world even though he’s not all that fast. I also admired his leadership during the World Cup despite the fact England underachieved.
Yup, he’s got a great kick and that’s about it… Maybe he has influence and leadership on his team, though he just got dropped by the British coach from the England team. The Galaxy paid a lot of money for the name. Regardless, you must be impressed and seem to like him more than I do
I’m intrigued. I’m not that impressed, especially considering the money. This move will garner interest in MLS, but it will be short-lived unless MLS can pull more premiere players from Europe. Getting an aging player past his prime won’t fill meet this need. Of course the money given to the aging player may be attractive to those who are in better shape. (Yeesh, this “aging” player is only four years older than me.) The initial signing of Freddy Adu looked great, but it hasn’t worked out all that well and now he’s talking about going to Europe anyway. Landon Donovan staying in the US also helped raise the level of play, but he’s not that charismatic and one player in a team sport will have a hard time garnering lasting interest overall. They’re not like Tiger Woods playing an individual sport. Each time you turn on a major golf tournament, you can watch woods. Each time you turn on an MLS game you won’t always get to watch Beckham.
All that said, I’ll probably tune in to see Beckham pass to Donovan.
Tune in??? Tyler, we’re going to the game!
Just read in the LA Times that the LA Galaxy’s budget for its players is $1.9 million (Salary cap in the MLS), but last year they passed a rule for each team to be able to blow past the salary cap on one player (They called it the Beckham rule!). They are going to pay Beckham 25 times what the entire team is worth!
You get me tickets and I’ll go to the game.