Wreck 'em Like Beckham
LA is making a big deal out of David Beckham and his wife, Posh Spice. His joining our Major League Soccer team the Galaxy has become a huge media event. But I doubt it'll sell.
Soccer is the most popular sport around the world, but it just can't seem to take root here. Perhaps it's because we already have our own form of football, but for whatever reason, it's been tried, and it doesn't work.
We already have all the stars out here. What's Beckham to us? Look at Wayne Gretzky, the greatest hockey player ever. He came out here about 20 years ago, with his movie star wife Janet Jones, and even won the Stanley Cup. Still, no one much cared.
If LA's that jaded, who's gonna go wild over soccer?
posted by LAGuy @ 1:20 AM
2 Comments:
I was thinking the exact same thing last night when, while flipping through channels, I discovered one of the networks had devoted an entire hour to what appeared to be "Posh Spice Comes to America".
Almost made me long for the swift return of "According To Jim"...
Todd
I heard originally the Posh Spice thing was gonna be a miniseries, but NBC got smart and limited it to an hour.
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