LA Galaxy trade off

Soccer superstar David Beckham of the Real Madrid squad has agreed to move to the major-league team, LA Galaxy at the end of this season. The world-renowned midfielder decided to make the switch to the United States after taking time to consider extending his contract with Madrid along with considering offers made by other British and European teams. The agreement to move to LA Galaxy includes a five year contract with the squad in return for over 128 million English pounds (approximately $250 million US dollars). This announcement of the change of teams was made on Thursday January 11, 2007.
Similar to this high-priced switch of teams is the eternal baseball trades that occur annually in the United States. Major league baseball players are paid millions of dollars to work for six to eight months of play. The highest paid baseball player in MLB is Barry Bonds whose salary for his whole career has topped the charts with a profit of over $170 million. This is not as radical a sum, seeing that this a cumulative salary and Beckham's will be for only five years of play. However, this shows that America's madness over baseball may be switching to the new football craze.