Sorry, Folks. Posh & Co. Are Here to Stay

Reader Ben says: “I would highly appreciate it if you could do a separate blog or section for all the brand and victoria, paparazzi etc stuff?”

Ben and other fans of the “game” part of The Beautiful Game. I hear you. I feel your pain. And here are the reasons it’s not gonna happen any time soon.

1) For me, your blogger who has to come up with ideas day after day, soccer is not just a game. It’s a drama within a game within a drama within a… Ouch. My brain hurts.

Do I find it interesting when ManU’s Cristiano Ronaldo beats four defenders and scores a goal? Of course. But I find it equally interesting when his teammate Patrice Evra tells us that The Pretty Ronado’s got a full-length mirror in his locker and is obsessed with his appearance.

Soccer is a game played by people, and that “people” part of the equation adds to the interest for a lot of folks, including me. I look at the potential drama here — David and Posh, Landon and Bianca, not to mention all those players around them who make minimum wage — and see the potential for a horrifying yet fantastic trainwreck. And of course I would feel I was letting you down if I didn’t tell you all about it.

2) I’m a blogger. And like most bloggers, I would sell my mother (or at least my mother-in-law) to generate traffic. Like it or hate it, it’s a sad fact of life that the Brand Beckham stuff pulls in traffic. “Victoria Beckham” sadly generates more google hits than “Cobi Jones.” (And I live for the day when this will not be the case.) This blog is less than two months old, and we’re already breaking the top ten when you google “LA Galaxy.” This is probably, happily or sadly, due in large part to Becks and Posh (and, of course, to you, Dear Reader.)

3) And finally, writing all the Posh stuff gives me a legitimate excuse to visit my favorite guilty pleasure, Kickette. I can link to her hysterically funny post with a quote from Victoria saying she likes to cut the linings from her clothers but would never wear anything see-through, which Kickette posts alongside a picture with a nipple clearly peeking out. (Okay, fine. Here’s the link. Are you guys happy now?)

Since I can give you these links, I can truthfully say, “No, of course I don’t go to the site to find out which EPL girlfriend is snorting cocaine. OR to see pictures of Freddie Yum-berg…er…Ljungberg in his underwear. It just…happens.”

Oh, fine, ladies. Here’s that link too. I’m nothing if not equal opportunity.

So, Ben and all other fans of the game only, I am truly sorry. But Posh is here to stay. I’ll try to limit these kinds of posts to less than 25% of the blog, particularly once the season gets going. And when you see a Posh picture in a post, feel free to skip it. (But you might want to check the transparency level of her clothing first.)

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