Beckham and a sobering reality

Business Day held nothing back in their appraisal of Beckham's move to American soccer:

Or perhaps the Americans are actually a lot more gullible than any of us ever dared to imagine.

Both of the above may well be true when you consider the announcement last week that Beckham would take his circus act to the well-heeled retirement village that is Major League Soccer — the dodgy US interpretation of the sport — when his stillborn career with Spanish club Real Madrid is contractually put out of its misery in June.

Apparently our Becks will join the Los Angeles Galaxy on a five-year deal that could earn him $250m in salary and commercial endorsement deals in that time.

The Yanks jumped at securing such a deal even though the Spaniards and the English are in agreement that Beckham is way past his prime and will not be missed in Europe, where real football is played.

Not the Yanks. They like to do things their own way because the rest of the world does not matter as far as they are concerned.

I'd like to point out that "real football" is extremely dull compared to about 75 other sports, such as Australian rules football, American football, hockey... Even curling is more entertaining to me.