My Gift to You: Forty-eight Hours Without Mentioning that DB Guy

Somebody please make it stop!!

You know, back in January, I thought this David Beckham thing was an excellent idea. I mean, the league had matured to the point where they were ready for the world’s attention, right? All that was required was a reason for the spotlights of the world to turn in MLS’s direction. Instant attention = instant credibility. Right?

Except that things haven’t quite worked out that way.

I still think the Beckham signing will be a good thing, on balance. Meaning that I think we’ll all look back in ten years and think: Yes, that was one of the changes that moved things in a positive direction.

But there are going to be some serious growing pains between now and then. It’s not going to be as simple as holding up David Beckham on July 13, 2007 and saying, “See! We’ve arrived!” And right now I’m a little disoriented by the circus. I feel like I’m stuck on a merry-go-round that keeps moving faster and faster. At first it was fun. Now I’m feeling queasy and I just want to get off. At least for a little while.

So my gift, to you and to myself: Forty-eight Beckham-free hours. It’s now 2:30 in Tuesday afternoon on the West Coast. I’ll go Beckham free till at least 2:30 on Thursday. No photos, commercials, sex scandals, analyses… And best of all, no Posh either. Does that work for you?

Sure works for me.

Now can somebody slow the merry-go-round down, just for a second? Just long enough for me to jump.

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