What I think happened is that Beckham did and said what everybody (including himself) wanted to believe — that he was fit to play. And everybody believed it, regardless of physical evidence, because in the short run it seemed to make life easier. And now we’re all paying the price in the long run.

(Affording me about 55 cumulative years — so far — of telling people that they can NOT in fact go back in, on or to, while hemoraging, during a concussion, until the cast dries, if they can’t make it to the side before vomiting, or when, for any other reason, we are on our way home from the emergency room. I AM available for saying no tutorials).

Although, come to think of it, it was regular reader Diane who put it in my head. And she may have gotten it from Ray. So…okay, whatever.

Ray Hudson of American Soccer bought that to light, and he is so right. You guys need a field general. Like Klinsmann