fantasyislander said:

Good, stick to your yellow cards, fake injuries, and prissy celebrations.

BlueOrchid said:

Again?! I didn't think that skin could stretch any more.

According to the story on www.si.com, the bulk of the contract relates to marketing and endorsement deals. His actual playing contract is minimal (relatively speaking).

DarkKnight1 said:

that's right, i'll stick with the real athletes. you know, the ones that actually WORK and RUN for 90 minutes and have real SKILL.... not just fat guys who lumber down the field plowing people down.

He's hot. I'd do him.

JustErin said:

But he's no Bam Margera.

SureThing said:

You got that right.

JustErin said:

Soccor is more BORING than golf.....

Spend it like Beckham


Purchasing power alone will not guarantee Posh the celebrity status she seeks in LA, writes Dan Glaister






Victoria is a lady ahead of the game. She engaged in a bout of pre-emptive househunting in December on one of her frequent visits to Los Angeles. The coverage that outing received gives more than a few clues as to the likely lifestyle the Beckhams will aspire to in their adopted home city.
Rather than look to the traditional celebrity enclave of Malibu, or the sedate and secluded Bel Air, Victoria nosed around Beverly Hills, centre of the vacuum of celebrity in Hollywood.


Beverly Hills has its advantages for the get-ahead celeb: it's close to the shops, at least the shops that matter. For while Victoria was once a regular on Rodeo Drive, the legendary upscale shopping street, she now knows that the shops to be seen in are in an area concentrated around Melrose Avenue. That's where Stella McCartney has a shop, as does Posh-friendly designer Marc Jacobs. It is also home to the shops to be seen in - once the proper arrangements have been made with proprietors and paparazzi - such as Kitson, on nearby Robertson Boulevard.
Melrose is also handy for the celeb restaurant du jour, Koi - a sushi restaurant dressed up as a Zen temple - and it's close to one of Hollywood's enduring star eateries, Mr Chow.

Victoria's househunting took her to three houses with price-tags to match her aspirations: a £7.5m property that once belonged to Chris Evans and Billie Piper - although it has some pedigree, having previously been owned by Lionel Richie - and a £4m house overlooking the city. But it was the third house that had the LA's celeb bloggers salivating: a £7m mansion five doors - well, five driveways - from Victoria's new friends Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Indeed TomKat could provide the rock for Posh and Becks to lean on in Los Angeles. Cruise is known to be a big soccer fan - yes, don't forget it's soccer here, David: yet another new language to master. He also introduced Holmes and Victoria.

While David's role seems relatively clear, Victoria's is more problematic. Like many a starlet arriving in LA, she has dreams of being a diva of the silver screen. Acting lessons, perhaps even elocution classes beckon.

But the move to the premier league of celebrity holds dangers for the couple. Just who are they and what are they famous for? Or as Frank Griffin of the paparazzi agency Bauer-Griffin put it: "The trouble is, nobody gives a bollocks. She's not going to be afforded the celebrity status she thinks she deserves. Their spending power will buy them a certain status, but being 'royalty' doesn't mean a thing here. She'll be torn apart."

I just realized though that Posh and Becks are going to become the new media favorites in the U.S. now.

minneapolisgenius said:

look out Brad and Jojo

minneapolisgenius said:

i wish they would break up. why? i dunno. i like when everybody is shocked or whatever i wonder how the 'no boney girls' trend here is gonna affect this posh chick

brownsugar said:

There's a 'no boney girls' trend in the US?

brownsugar said:

Is there a no boney girls trend going on now there? I thought it was the other way around. I just watched some show on VH1 called "Hollywood's Skinniest Celebs" or something like that. It was actually a countdown.

Here they are talking about how SAD it is that Posh, Nicole Ritchie, Kate Bosworth, and all the usual suspects are pressured to be so skinny, and how the paparazzi are always taking pics of them etc. and here they are doing a whole show about it!

I watched it though.

JustErin said:

they were talking about it on tv how everybody is against anorexic models (not just in other countries) and all that kind of mess. late at night when i cant sleep they have these celebs talking about how its not healthy anymore. sure it will never go away but its becoming anti-hungry for now.

brownsugar said:

Good thing too.

I was startin' to worry about those black market gastric bypass doctors.

SureThing said:

Yo, you know of any?

Hook me up!

JustErin said:

Follow the $$$$$ Becks follow the $$$$$ because that way you can play your way back in to the national side!!! NOT!

And Edgar Davids is allegedly leaving my beloved Spurs to come to the US too. Premiership castoffs ahoy!!!!!

Hey Karma it won't be long before Shevchenko and Ballack are playing for the Hicktown Alligators if you are lucky

Ooh la la Pout twirl of hair. Hi, Mrs Posh Spice - Beckham.

july said:

CarrieMpls said:

I think he looks good, Carrie.

So forget about him. He's mine, mine, MINE! - Ha, ha, ha!



























No, seriously, you can have him. I don't mind.
[Edited 1/12/07 12:01pm]

applekisses said:

I just quickly looked at the thread title yesterday and thought "But Beck already lives in the U.S."



Then I saw the Beckham story on the news last night and wondered why there wasn't a thread on the org about it yet.

sextonseven said:

It was the "s" that made me think of the beer. Although, it'd be great if Beck cloned himself and there were two or more of him

fantasyislander said:

You mean like . . .





Guys who were standouts at the college and high school levels in several sports? Guys with ten times the strength and twice the speed of soccer players?

Recognize, fantasyislander. If half of the pro football players out there learned how to play soccer your beloved Becks would have be selling fish and chips in Picadilly Square. He wouldn't have gotten on the field.

Sorry to break it down so harshly for you baby, but I couldn't let that one go.

namepeace said:

No shit.
And run for 90 minutes is an accurate depiction of soccer. run, fall down due to a fake injury, run some more, maybe score a goal....maybe. Pinning Becks up against the likes of Bo Jackson, Vince Young, Champ Bailey, or Ladainian Tomlinson is humorous.

There is as much flopping in soccer as your average fishing tournament. If it were a marathon, sure soccer players might do well. Punting or placekicking is also an option for soccer players.

namepeace said:

you should play rugby now thats a game with no body armour and ther real world plays

Football is what the rest of the world plays even China and Russia

Thank you, thank you so much, David. We really appreciate you helping us to get rid of that talentless twig wife of yours off our continent

You are fuckin' off too aren't you? Oh, good. Bye

DarkKnight1 said:

oh geez, please don't get me into a debate on the skills of american football players vs soccer/football players.

yes, there are quite a few players in football that are very skilled. they can fun fast and throw far. wow. oh, and they're big and strong. the bigger and stronger the better so they can plow other players down. on an american football team there are a few who can run, throw, and/or kick and the rest of them are 350lb blowhards whose sole purpose on the field is to run players over.

have you ever watched a soccer game? have you ever watched ronaldinho for instance? or check out this video (my favorite) and watch keane (No. 10) drop the defender on his ASS with nothing but his fancy footwork. the things they can do with their feet.... the skill and talent it takes to do what they do. they run frickin fast and they run CONSTANTLY!! those guys are IN SHAPE. (no nonsense with endless time outs. i hate that in the game of american football) i would LOVE to see some american football players try to survive a soccer match and even attempt to do the things they do.

i'm not worried about pro football players learning how to play soccer, b/c frankly they don't have the skill.

now, this is a thread about a SOCCER player. why don't you take your crap and go to the american football threads.

buh-bye!


(ps, he's not my beloved becks. i think he's hot yeah but i never really saw all the hype around him. and if you wanna talk about skill at the high school and college level take a look at how many young PROFESSIONAL players there are in the english premiership for example. players starting PRO at 17 or 18 years of age.)