I’m on the record about how David Beckham’s previous preferential
treatment from Major League Soccer was wrong, but his one game
suspension for shenanigans last week in San Jose (one match) is about
right.
But I still have two quick things to say about brawlin’ Beckham and the latest Galaxy brouhaha:
First, not only did the David Beckham Experiment work, it’s still working.
Anything that happens around the former England captain gins up the MLS
buzz. So in that regard, even this latest episode, landing somewhere
between unbecoming and plain silly as it did, has a certain desirable
effect.
People who might not otherwise mention MLS find themselves doing just
that – mentioning MLS. The man is a walking talking point like that.
And people who do talk about soccer, like Alexi Lalas, are sending out funny Tweets about it all. (Good one, dude.)
Otherwise, I do want to leave it with this: Thank you little baby
Jesus for this world of the YouTube and the ubiquitous, alert camera
lens. Because the San Jose Earthquakes mascot did somehow get mixed up
in things last week as a furious Beckham left the field. And we have the
hilarious pictures to prove it.
Short, but hilarious. If this thing had happened I couldn’t get to
watch it, but could only hear about it, my world would be a darker and
sadder place today.
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