10 November 2006

La-la land

The Guardian considers the prospects of Mr Beckham plying his trade in the USA:
The question is, if Beckham goes, would others follow? Trecker is not convinced. "Let's be honest," he says. "If the players were compensated the same as they were in Europe they would already be here. For one, our tax structure is much more favourable, and where would you rather play? Freezing your ass off in Russia or Falkirk or in the Californian sunshine?"

This must be the first time ever that the names of Beckham and Falkirk have appeared in the same paragraph. And it would be fanciful in the extreme to suppose that the financial remuneration available in Falkirk is more than enough to outweigh the advantages of both the American tax structure and the Californian sunshine. But perhaps the players of Falkirk FC will disagree. After all, they are the ones who are freezing their asses off...

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