Believe me, as an American, I would love to see MLS become as traditional, competitive, and respected as any in the world. But I fail to see how the arrival of Mr. Beckham is supposed to vault MLS to a higher standing? All I can envision is more worldwide coverage, increased financial backing through advertising as a result of wider coverage, and a small exodus of very good players near the end of their respectful careers coming to the United States.
I do not see how this will foster growth within America to where we are producing great players of our own on a time scale that will prevent MLS from reaching the same fate as NASL because of the contracts that exceeded their ability to attract fans.
Nothing against world players coming here to help popularize the game. They are great even at this stage, but is it such a good idea to spend so much on him and other players who want to come here? Is the game any better because they getting so much money?
2007-03-23
14:31:28
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