RE: [OT] - Football

2007-01-12 Thread Dave Crozier
Adam, It will certainly help Beckham's bank balance that's for sure. Even though he is/was a great talent (believe me saying that about an ex Man. United player coming from a Manchester City supporter is praise indeed), £70,000 or $130,000 per DAY excluding any other income from endorsements is an

RE: [OT] - Football

2007-01-12 Thread Stephen the Cook
Dave Crozier wrote: Adam, It will certainly help Beckham's bank balance that's for sure. Even though he is/was a great talent (believe me saying that about an ex Man. United player coming from a Manchester City supporter is praise indeed), £70,000 or $130,000 per DAY excluding any other

RE: [OT] - Football

2007-01-12 Thread Stephen the Cook
Adam Buckland wrote: Yes, football the most popular game in the world. Ed, do you think that Beckham and his fame and media exposure help US football's growth? No. It can't get the air time in TV here because we need commercials every 12 min or the network will go broke. There is a huge

Re: [OT] - Football

2007-01-12 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jan 12, 2007, at 4:10 AM, Adam Buckland wrote: Ed, do you think that Beckham and his fame and media exposure help US football's growth? It will help, but it won't be *the* thing. As Stephen mentioned, if the networks can't sell commercial time, they aren't interested. One

Re: [OT] - Football

2007-01-12 Thread Michael Madigan
He has only come to America to get better looking chix. --- Adam Buckland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, football the most popular game in the world. Ed, do you think that Beckham and his fame and media exposure help US football's growth? ::a

Re: [OT] - Football

2007-01-12 Thread Ricardo Aráoz
Ed Leafe wrote: On Jan 12, 2007, at 4:10 AM, Adam Buckland wrote: Ed, do you think that Beckham and his fame and media exposure help US football's growth? It will help, but it won't be *the* thing. As Stephen mentioned, if the networks can't sell commercial time, they aren't

Re: [OT] - Football

2007-01-12 Thread Michael Madigan
You don't need commercials when you have no viewers. --- Ricardo Aráoz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ed Leafe wrote: On Jan 12, 2007, at 4:10 AM, Adam Buckland wrote: Ed, do you think that Beckham and his fame and media exposure help US football's growth? It will help, but it

Re: [OT] - Football

2007-01-12 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jan 12, 2007, at 6:33 PM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: What they do here is small 5 or 10 seconds commercials that are delivered whenever the ball is out of the field or some longer ones between goals or a penalty. Then in mid-time they can have a large segment. There just isn't enough