David Beckham. the Los Angeles Galaxy’s most famous player, is on the injured list again. When you consider all of the millions of dollars spent bringing him over here so he could get some butts in the seats, you know management is rightfully pissed. And you know all his teammates are on the phone or huddled in corners of the locker room talking smack about him because they all get the league minimum. Dude can’t help it if he plays hard.
Fans are pissed too. They pay money to see him play and he sits on the sidelines.
The extraordinary £125 million five-year deal — financed by Major League Soccer as well as the club itself — is about raising the profile of “soccer” in the US rather than just securing a famous player for the LA team, but so far the increase in media attention for what at the moment is a minority sport has been tempered by a rash of negative publicity for the club.
Supporters have been riled by his noshows, and the cynicism of those exploiting the Beckham phenomenon has started to cause a backlash among fans.
When Galaxy played away to New England, supporters could only get tickets by buying a “Beckham package” which included three other matches or attending in a large group - only to discover that Beckham was not going to play.
You think the L.A. Galaxy would mind my coming in to ice him down? They wouldn’t have to pay me. Hell…I’d pay them.
Leave My Baby Alone..