Why are these guys bent about Beckham?
If you heard the callers on sports-talk radio Thursday, you might have the impression that 99 percent of Los Angeles not only doesn't care about David Beckham joining the Galaxy but is downright hostile to the English star.
That's wrong. Don't listen to those people.
It's talk radio. For callers and hosts, the default position is the same. On a subject like soccer, where they have no confidence in their knowledge and opinions, their only defense is to say it's not important enough to care about. They are absolutely not allowed at any point to say, "To be honest, it sounds interesting, but I don't know enough about soccer to comment on the significance of this signing."
Look, if you don't know anything about soccer, don't enjoy the sport one bit, and don't care about Beckham, that's fine with me. A lot of people do, and we hope it's all right with you.
For the hour I listened to the radio, flipping between two stations, caller after caller came on to say, "David Beckham? Who cares?"
Yeah, it's pretty dull stuff, the international superstar coming to our town for $250 million and all.
Let's see, Talkradioman: You tuned in to a radio discussion of Beckham. You dialed the phone number. You waited 45 minutes on hold. You finally got your 15 seconds of fame. And you used it to say, "David Beckham? Who cares?"
Who cares? Sounds like you do.