Comments on: Stories to explore as this David Beckham news unfolds

By: footballer4ever

footballer4ever — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:53:19 +0000

Beckham, amid all the distraction and somewhat negative decisions, has been a pillar of this league and just his mere presence was immense; Nevertheless, no player is above a league. The MLS cup buzz should be about LAG vs Dynamo and it’s a shame Beckham hijacked with his premature announcement and it’s highly questionable the timing he’s doing it. $hame on you, Beckham!!!

By: Steve Davis

Steve Davis — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:12:15 +0000

Hmmmm. Nah, I just don’t see it. Donovan being burned out has to do with Donovan going to Everton last year (again!) when he needed the rest. He has said as much since. Besides, Donovan has always been a bit of a different sort, not entirely married to the game that nothing-else-matters way that someone like Clint Dempsey is.

By: wfjackson3

wfjackson3 — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:25:04 +0000

Am I the only one that thinks this has lots to do with Donovan feeling burned out? I don’t think Beckham is eager to be without his up and down tag team partner.

By: Steve Davis

Steve Davis — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:08:37 +0000

Hmmmm. I suppose he could use that contractual figure as “credit,” based on how the other owners feel about it. But good knowledge of that stuff is well above my financial pay grade, admittedly.

By: geojock

geojock — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:05:05 +0000

What if MLS and Becks meet in the middle for the NY #2? Becks gets NY#2 for $80 million instead of $100 million.

By: dfstell

dfstell — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:49:04 +0000

I’m a Galaxy fan and I don’t really mind the spotlight being on him during the lead-up and the game itself. I mean….it sounds like he has a player option for next year. It would have been kinda weird for him to say, the day after, “Surprise. You thought I had a two year contract, but the second year was really a player option and I’m opting out. Bye!” I’m a little surprised that “we” didn’t all know it was a player option for Year 2. If we’d known that, the commentary all these two weeks would be whether he was opting out.

Maybe someone discovered that he had this option year and was going to break that story? Maybe the Galaxy and Beckham got ahead of that story? This IS better than the opt-out drama that surrounds teams like the Yankees (remember A-Rod’s opting out).

As for the Galaxy, they’ll be fine. They have money to spend, a good coach, as glamorous of a brand as exists in American soccer and a climate that is attractive to players. I know people say there are no guarantees with DPs, but there’s a big difference between the Galaxy style DPs who are earning $3-4MM and most of the other DPs in the league who make $800K or so. You’re not getting Robbie Keane for $800K….