Beckham to play in MLS

Beckham To Play in MLS
International soccer superstar David Beckham has now officially signed a 5 year contract with MLS team Los Angeles Galaxy.
The deal is said to be for about $250 million over the 5 years, which amounts to nearly $1 million per week.
The question: is it worth it?

Absolutely.

In America, soccer has gone underrated for far too long, and bringing in one of the game's finest players can only help achieve the goal of bringing the sport up to a similar status that football, basketball, and baseball have in the states.
This change in the sport's fanbase has been inevitable, however. The appreciation has grown in America over the last few World Cup tournaments, held every four years, in which The U.S. soccer team has shown more promise. This last year's team, though not advancing too far, was at least presented with much anticipation.

One this is for sure, other countries don't look at America as any sort of serious competition as far as the "greatest tournament of them all" is concerned, nor have they.

Nor do they have reason to, since the sport itself isn't taken seriously enough within the borders of the country.

I can only hope that Beckham is a driving force to bring American soccer to a higher level with other sports in this country. It'll be interesting to see how well he and Landon Donovan work together.