I seriously think I'm suffering from Beckham fatigue. In case you didn't know,
David Beckham was officially unveiled as an LA Galaxy player on Fri, with a ridiculous display of tickertape, anthems, a new Real Madrid-esque shirt and Beckham's new number? 23. The same as Michael Jordan. Of course, there was always going to be a hidden agenda and it was unveiled when Galaxy's manager announced that the new shirt was available for sale
It's all too much and ridiculously overblown. I mean the Daily Mirror dedicated 6 pages to it today. 6 pages. That was more than when Madeline McCann was kidnapped and more than the floods in England. And it's headline news on TV and everything else. I just desperately hope that because they're in America, the Beckham couple will fade away from the media, but I know it's not going to happen because the media have an obsession with them.
And here's another thing I don't understand. David says he's doing this to elevate foo...soccer, as one of the top sports in the country and to raise awareness. But I don't understand, why should he be concerned about that? He's a footballer! He's not a spokesperson. Another thing is, I know already that one player is not going to replace the likes of American Football or Baseball or Basketball as one of the top pasttimes so that reasoning isn't going to work. Even if it was, Beckham is not the player to do it. He doesn't score goals for a start. He's a crosser, he passes the ball and he doesn't do tricks. The likes of Pele and Best could do these things and they still couldn't raise the game. Basically, Beckham has gone into semi-retirement for a ridiculous sum of money with the MLS. And as for Victoria, I really couldn't care less.