Is Beckham more popular than Jordan at his peak?

**Ken1015** · 07-03-2003, 10:42 AM

Stories like this lead me to believe that he is. You euros are crazy. [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img]

So you want to be famous?
Tribune wires

July 2, 2003

British soccer star David Beckham has fame, fortune, a pop star wife (Victoria, formerly Posh of the Spice Girls) and no privacy. England's soccer star had a physical examination Tuesday in Spain, a final step before his transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid becomes official. The procedures took a little less than two hours, something we know for sure because the process had many witnesses. Beckham's physical was televised on 39 channels worldwide, among them Real Madrid's pay-per-view station, and even had a sponsor--the Spanish health insurer Grupo Sanitas, which coughed up $415,000. For Wednesday's official introduction, 500 media passes have been requested. Talk about a circus.

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**ngeso** · 07-03-2003, 10:44 AM

that's football
http://deephousepage.com/ubb/ultimat...c;f=1;t=032475

[ July 03, 2003, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: ngeso ]

**The Good Reverend Rollo Goodlove** · 07-03-2003, 10:44 AM

Originally posted by Ken1015:
Stories like this lead me to believe that he is. You euros are crazy. [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img]

So you want to be famous?
Tribune wires

July 2, 2003

British soccer star David Beckham has fame, fortune, a pop star wife (Victoria, formerly Posh of the Spice Girls) and no privacy. England's soccer star had a physical examination Tuesday in Spain, a final step before his transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid becomes official. The procedures took a little less than two hours, something we know for sure because the process had many witnesses. Beckham's physical was televised on 39 channels worldwide, among them Real Madrid's pay-per-view station, and even had a sponsor--the Spanish health insurer Grupo Sanitas, which coughed up $415,000. For Wednesday's official introduction, 500 media passes have been requested. Talk about a circus.

Copyright © 2003, Chicago Tribune

Never heard of him. [img]graemlins/conf44.gif[/img]

**Digiman** · 07-03-2003, 10:47 AM

Did you have to mention him? I'm so bored of the whole thing that I could actually cry. If this is the furore about a medical, then what's going to happen the first game he plays? I shudder to think.

**Ken1015** · 07-03-2003, 10:48 AM

Originally posted by ngeso:
that's football
http://deephousepage.com/ubb/ultimat...c;f=1;t=032475

That's the thread that made me think of this topic.

**Digiman** · 07-03-2003, 10:49 AM

Originally posted by Eargasm:
Never heard of him. [img]graemlins/conf44.gif[/img]

Then consider yourself the luckiest person on the planet.

**Leslie** · 07-03-2003, 10:51 AM

I know I am TIRED of seeing pictures of him on tv in that powder blue suit - looking like pimp.

**richierich** · 07-03-2003, 10:51 AM

No way Micheal transcended sports the way Muhammad Ali did. Everybody everywhere knows who Mike is . If Beckham walked down the street in my neighborhood nobody would know who he is.

**Ken1015** · 07-03-2003, 10:53 AM

Originally posted by Albert Square:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Eargasm:
Never heard of him. [img]graemlins/conf44.gif[/img]

Then consider yourself the luckiest person on the planet. [/QUOTE]You're too funny Al. He'll get known on this side of the pond soon enough. Most likely through his wife who is desparately trying to break into movies here.

**lyot** · 07-03-2003, 11:20 AM

i wonder which on one of them is most popular in Russia and Asia

**JMJ** · 07-03-2003, 11:26 AM

Originally posted by lyot:
i wonder which on one of them is most popular in Russia and Asia

Jordan.....JMJ

**Digiman** · 07-03-2003, 11:33 AM

Originally posted by Ken1015:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Albert Square:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Eargasm:
Never heard of him. [img]graemlins/conf44.gif[/img]

Then consider yourself the luckiest person on the planet. [/QUOTE]You're too funny Al. He'll get known on this side of the pond soon enough. Most likely through his wife who is desparately trying to break into movies here. [/QUOTE]Don't get me started on his wife. Arrggh! At least now he has moved to another team it means she will be far, far away. I was reading that everyone ignored them when they did their 'promotional' tour in America. You guys must have a lot of sense.

**lyot** · 07-03-2003, 11:37 AM

Originally posted by JMJ:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by lyot:
i wonder which on one of them is most popular in Russia and Asia

Jordan.....JMJ [/QUOTE]did he also have to use stand-in's like Beckham did recently ?

**JMJ** · 07-03-2003, 11:43 AM

Originally posted by lyot:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by JMJ:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by lyot:
i wonder which on one of them is most popular in Russia and Asia

Jordan.....JMJ [/QUOTE]did he also have to use stand-in's like Beckham did recently ? [/QUOTE]Not that I know of.....JMJ

**JMJ** · 07-03-2003, 12:27 PM

Saddam Hussein also had stand-ins......JMJ ;)

**Digiman** · 07-03-2003, 12:30 PM

Originally posted by JMJ:
Saddam Hussein also had stand-ins......JMJ ;)

Yet unfortunately the might of the American military has yet to have been dispatched upon Mr + Mrs Beckham.

**Brian** · 07-03-2003, 12:40 PM

Originally posted by Albert Square:
Don't get me started on his wife. Arrggh! At least now he has moved to another team it means she will be far, far away. I was reading that everyone ignored them when they did their 'promotional' tour in America. You guys must have a lot of sense.

I don't think people ignored them so much as they had no idea who they are. Soccer/football is about as unpopular as house music in the US.

**JMJ** · 07-03-2003, 12:40 PM

Originally posted by Albert Square:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by JMJ:
Saddam Hussein also had stand-ins......JMJ ;)

Yet unfortunately the might of the American military has yet to have been dispatched upon Mr + Mrs Beckham. [/QUOTE]Send a Spice Girls album to the White House. One listen and it's shoot to kill!.....JMJ

[ July 03, 2003, 01:41 PM: Message edited by: JMJ ]

**SuzanneT** · 07-03-2003, 12:49 PM

Originally posted by Ken1015:
Stories like this lead me to believe that he is. You euros are crazy. [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img]

So you want to be famous?
Tribune wires

July 2, 2003

British soccer star David Beckham has fame, fortune, a pop star wife (Victoria, formerly Posh of the Spice Girls) and no privacy. England's soccer star had a physical examination Tuesday in Spain, a final step before his transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid becomes official. The procedures took a little less than two hours, something we know for sure because the process had many witnesses. Beckham's physical was televised on 39 channels worldwide, among them Real Madrid's pay-per-view station, and even had a sponsor--the Spanish health insurer Grupo Sanitas, which coughed up $415,000. For Wednesday's official introduction, 500 media passes have been requested. Talk about a circus.

Copyright © 2003, Chicago Tribune

Lets just say Im glad he wasn't going to a proctologist [img]icon_rofl.gif[/img]

**ivanjb** · 07-03-2003, 12:55 PM

Who is Beckham?

**DJ Omar Herrera** · 07-03-2003, 12:56 PM

OVER RATED PLAYER

**ngeso** · 07-03-2003, 01:08 PM

Originally posted by JMJ:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by lyot:
i wonder which on one of them is most popular in Russia and Asia

Jordan.....JMJ [/QUOTE]Beckham hands down. MJ is well known all over the world, but he wouldn't get bumrushed by 20.000 teenage chicks like Becks does, when he's in Tokyo.