Beckham has left Europe!

The famous soccer player David Beckham, husband of the former Posh Spice, has moved to the United States to join the L.A. Galaxy with a contract of 250 million dollars! After leaving Manchester United for Real Madrid, confessed to not seeing much of the field on his new team. When he was asked whether or not he would like to stay on for another year with Real Madrid, he turned it down in favor for a five year, 250 million dollar contract with the M.L.S. and the L.A. Galaxy. How was the L.A. Galaxy able to attain this kind of money? The M.L.S. put forth a new rule, stating that each team could buy one player for any amount, and the league would foot the first 400,000 dollars. This rule was dubbed "The Beckham Rule" from day one. The article can be viewed here.
When Babe Ruth was sold to the Yankees, he went for $125,000, which was the highest amount ever paid for a baseball player at the time. Many then felt that atheletes were overpaid at that time, but now it can be ridiculous. Getting paid 250 million dollars for doing something you love is crazy, but that is probably why so many people aspire to it, and work hard at sports. It is a dream job, and even those who do not like sports would go nuts for the chance to be able to get paid that much for doing the thing you love most in the world.