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01-11-07, 05:53 PM
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It is ultimately very good for American soccer. The long-term consequence of this (hopefully) will be that more foreign talent will consider MLS as a viable option and as a way to live the “American Dream.” Also, talent in Central and South America will hopefully start to view MLS as a proving grounds for Europe, as hopefully Beckham grants the league some level of credibility (esp if Ronaldo comes this summer as rumored).
And the number $250 Million is so huge because Beckhams gets a piece of the marketing. The Beckham brand name made Real Madrid (his last team) $44 million in marketing last year alone. Just him. MLS is paying 400k a year, the team is kicking in 3-9 million (depending on source) and the rest is all marketing. MLS has worked really hard to learn the lessons from NASL (yeah, I just dated myself) and I don’t think they are making a mistake here. |
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01-11-07, 09:28 PM
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I agree... who cares.
Im not going to start watching soccer.
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01-11-07, 09:29 PM
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No
Body, now Posh......thats a nice addition to america |
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01-12-07, 11:17 AM
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Look jackasses, just because YOU dont care about soccer doesnt mean nobody does.
As far as the Beckham effect goes, well, lets wait and see. How many international superstars have tried the same thing? Beckenbauer, Romario, Lothar Matthaeus...to no avail. |
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01-12-07, 12:22 PM
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Im sure at first it will cause a stir here.Being I live in los Angeles and Im familiar with all kinds of big hype situation whats going to happen is it will draw at first then fade into a huge mistake.He isnt what he once was and once the hype is gone so will the LA fans.Lets face it ,it's not like its Gretzky comming to the Kings. La needs fast action results and even if he does well (a goal every other game) thats not enough to keep LA's attention.Its alot of money and the stadium is kinda far away from where the people with lots o money live.
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