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Every time I turn on the news or sports channel it's Beckham this, Beckham that. He's got these really stupid emotional commericals with people from England bawling tears that he left. His hideous skeleton of a wife has this reality show where she goes and buys all these shoes and accessories. Was he this annoying when he played in England? |
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it isn't beckahm. it's american society. |
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not EVERYONE here is a commercial sellout. |
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Whats the name of the team he went to play for? LA Special Soccer Team Yeah! or something daft... Whatevs... you gotta put up with the knobs now. He is a genuinely amazing player sometimes, but ever heard him speak? ha... |
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the Los Angeles Galaxy, haha. |
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i didn't mean that. i meant how things function there..why was beckham worth 400 milion or something? they must get that money back somehow..if there were more people like you who find these things silly i doubt things would work this way. but most people find this cool it's how it is. not beckham's fault, he's just exploiting the stupidity. |
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there are better footballers out there. he's just best for marketing purposes. but nevertheless, he's a good footballer too yes. |
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I have no idea why he's being paid so much. It's insanity. Major League Soccer here has been thought of as a joke for years. ESPN never even airs 10 seconds worth of highlights on any given night. Maybe he can turn the whole thing around for MLS, in which case I would watch out because a lot of your good players might be coming this way. I'd be pissed, haha. I just hate seeing his name plastered everywhere, the dude hasnt even played a game yet! |
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but it's really how america works..it's all about show. and yes, they hope he can help in turning things around regarding football over there. and yes, maybe in time other good footballer will start finishing their careers for insane amounts of money in the states. |
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I agree with what you're saying, mostly in the realm of pop culture. Mainstream movies (esp the "summer blockbusters") all of our shitty MTV music, energy drinks etc. But I've never seen it like this with an athlete, save maybe Tiger Woods. Usually the press only swarms an athlete if they've broken some serious record or got caught taking steroids. I'm sure Beckham will be solid, but on our soil he's an unproven still. Lance Armstrong got some decent press but nothing like this. Our football/baseball players don't commercialize themselves nearly as much, or get paid as much by their teams for that matter. So yeah, It's the American Way I guess, but were really upping the ante on this one. I hope it's not a sign of further athlete mass commercialization. And Posh Spice Beckham or whatever the fuck her name is-- ewww.... |
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"I'm sure Beckham will be solid, but on our soil he's an unproven still." i think it doesn't have to do much with his sport abilities. it's all about marketing. it's his name that sells not his football skills. |
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Put it this way: No $400 million contract and TV spot will drown out all the Booing, angry sponsors and empty seats in Los Angeles if he can't perform up to the hype... unlike a poorly reviewed Jay-Z album which kids would say was "so crunk!" even if it was just 12 songs of him repeating the same line. |
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dunno..it's an odd situation..i frankly don't think he alone can turn things around. he can do great moves but he alone can't win matches..or at least that's not how football works. not sure what people expect..those who follow football surely know how things are, but since it's hyped among people who don't know football all that good it may turn out weird. if it won't work out they way they want it, they could perhaps add some special effects. i bet that's what jay-z did : ) |
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I've never really had a problem with Beckham. He's not going to win a Nobel prize, certainly, but his heart seems to be in the right place and it's only his wife I object to. |
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how can you object to an ex spicegirl! impossible! |
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The whole point of him signing for them is to promote the sport in America. That's why he's all over your media. It's not going to do much good though, from what I heard the average quality of an MLS side is on par with Sunday league pub teams. |
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that's what they want to change i suppose. he can definitelly motivate children to care about the sport..and surely they can get a number of talents out of these youngster bunch in the following years. which will then raise the quality too. |
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Now her leg's gone gammy. He's a nice guy, but pretty dumb. |
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haha touché! i have nothing against Beckham though i wish he would focus less on 'showbiz'. Makes him seem a right prat most of the time. |
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Elect me for president of the world and I will abolish all forms of "professional sport." Useless waste of time, space and resources. |
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what will you do more ? |
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Get my picture on all the stamps |
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i read in the paper here LA times that he watched the galaxy get stomped by the tigres who are in their preseason btw from a luxury box with the owner and an ice pack on his ankle haha wtf oh and i think vicky is a dog too! |
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even here we get a lot of victoria beckham going up the stairs, and victoria beckham going back down the stairs. its bizarre. |
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while it's hard to know how much he will be able to do for the sport in the States, oddly enough, football is really getting a lot of attention in Canada lately, due to the u20 world cup and Toronto FC. |
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Kind of like art, you should think about abolishing that too. |
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Art hasn't achieved the same destructive power yet. For art, it would do if I just set a limit to how much you can charge for it. |
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How about art where the selling price is part of the concept? Like that guy, I don't remember, who wrote "this costs [let's say] $30000" on pieces of paper and sold them. Something like that. |
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Well, that kind of art wouldn't be necessary, as you wouldn't need to critique the selling price of art once I have decided what it is. I would like for you to refer to me as "your highness" from now on, by the way. |
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It's not necessarily a critique of selling prices, it might also be a quick way to make lots of money and then you'd bake the money in a cake and eat it or something and it would be a critique of people who eat rich food. |
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By rich food, do you mean rich in flavor, or exhorbitant price. Either way it's not a bad idea. |
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price?** sorry, it's 05:21 here, I really should go to sleep... |
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what's in your avatar? |
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I'm waiting... your..? your hiiii..? c'mon, I know you can! |
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Blümchen! |
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ah, yea, of course :) |
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I translated a Dutch page about Beckham using Babel Fish and he is apparently an "underground railway-sexual." |
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hehe, i get it |
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I love you. |
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but the question is: what happened to the left leg of victoria? |
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i kept seeing these things on nbc during comedy shows with her like "here's something that connects the show you're watching with my show. it will be amazing" and i said to myself i can't wait to see how fast that gets cancelled |
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