Wow, that's a lot of money. Just did a quick Google search, his net worth is 450m. There's very few people thatd would refuse 33% of their net worth for anything.
David Beckham reportedly agrees 150M deal to become ambassador for Qatar World Cup
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I’m sure you’d have told them where to stick their £150,000,000.
He’ll probably pump it into Inter Miami.
Makes it a bit more understandable, thought it was £150m just for the world cup which is mental. £15m a year isn't too bad when Becks has a massive social media following and is one of the most known and PG celebrities around. Spare change from Qatar but they get a lot of positive PR for it.
It's almost as though the forum is made up of many people with many different opinions.
Was it most of us?
It’s almost as if the majority of them were for the proposed take over and it’s almost as it most of the people talking here are also critical of more or less the same thing
Nah, hardly anyone wanted a Saudi takeover of Man United.
If you can find one single example of a poster advocating a Saudi takover of Man United and then that same poster being critical of Newcastle, I would be amazed.
While I can understand what you're saying, and I'm not going to judge an individual on something like this (Becks taking the money or not doesn't really mean much in the grand scheme of things) I strongly disagree with your last sentence and others comments in this that have echoed it.
I don't think I'm a particularly moral person, in a lot of ways I'm probably less so than the average. But I've also passed on two opportunities that would have been more financially lucrative to me relatively, than the deal mentioned in this thread would be to Beckham. And it was because it would have been doing something that I either fundamentally disagreed with, or the other one was something that would have had me having to betray someone close to me.
Would we? I remember the majority of posters being against it.
Good for you, like for every rule there will be exceptions.
The anti Arab bias in this forum is hilarious. Apparently there's only one middle Eastern countries who's attrocities certain people are willing to overlook.
First, a handful off posters don't speak for 30k members.
The majority of comments surrounding a Saudi takeover was negative, the people who wanted it were in a small minority.
Also if you actually take some more time to read this Beckham thread a lot are in favour of him taking the 150m. There is no Caf this or Caf that. If you want to talk about hypocrisy then you need to go back and see what names were pro Saudi United takeover and compare, see if anyone has actually changed because this forum has many differing opinions.
It's getting really silly in these threads. All it takes now is one person to say Ole is this or Fergie was that and people run with the caf thinks this now.
This is very incorrect, majority wanted nothing to do with a state-backed takeover of United.
That's literally my point mate. When some says no one will know how they'd react because they have nothing, I just know that's absolute not true of anyone. I'm not speaking personally, in this scenario I could take the money and do some good with it. But I've made decisions based on morals that have hindered me, and in the scenario of this thread I absolutely know people who would not take that deal, so it's weird to say you'd never know because they have nothing.
Edit: Actually nvm, I wouldn’t take the deal. I couldn’t be an ambassador for a country where being bisexual is illegal
Almost as if there was actually a poll here with the majority vote being negative and it's almost as if you are just talking out of your arse.
Beckham's getting stiffed. If it's not in crypto it's worthless.
If you have a problem with Beckham taking money from Qatar, you shouldn't be watching the premier league.
Depends on the individual. I don't need £150m, I do well and am set for mine and my children's generation. I've turned down opportunities that would have been life-changing in my life. I've been at Because, I take pride in making money with a clear conscience.
Beckham's are already set for the next 10 generations. This makes him accepting something like this worse. After all, it is a regime that contradicts his earlier affiliations - https://www.unicef.org.uk/celebrity-supporters/david-beckham/.
Maybe you would accept something, which is fine. I wouldn't judge you because you're not partnering with Unicef or trying cultivate a goody goody image. But seriously, many people have principles and wouldn't accept certain things, regardless of money.
I don't remember saying anything like "everyone" or "No one". I remember saying "until you have the offer, all the words are just empty" and "its easy to take moral highground when you have nothing to lose".
Yes, there are few (like yourself) who took moral route even when you had something to lose.
I can imagine that convo later with the wife, kids, grandkids… “yeah guys, I could have accepted £150 million to promote the World Cup, but I showed them!”
Fair enough, I didn't mean to misrepresent your words.
It's not that I don't get what you're saying, it's obviously much easier to take a moral stance when you have nothing to lose and in a hypothetical online conversation. But everyone has their own set of principles and we all have a moral barometer of what we're ok with and what we're not. I couldn't accept becoming an ambassador of a country where your sexual orientation could land you in jail, not even just for ideological reasons but for personal ones. It's the same if someone was offered to become an ambassador for apartheid S Africa, even without the offer in front of them plenty of people would know how they'd react. Plenty of people would refuse money or a knighthood from the British government because of their principles.
I don't hold anything against Beckham, he's just a cog in a machine.
Meanwhile..
Paul Scholes..
Paul Scholes..
Fair enough if there are many people like that. I haven't seen many so fair enough if there are people who do that.
At least when it comes to football, it's money all the time (ok, not all the time but most of the time).
On that I completely agree.
I'd take that money without blinking
If you're worth as much as Becks then you can easily afford to have some morals. It's not as though he needs to secure the future of his family.
If true, it's a stain on his generally excellent reputation.
If true, it's a stain on his generally excellent reputation.
Strange take. Was a very dedicated professional, is one of the most famous faces on earth, why should he turn down lucrative deals for advertising etc?
Thats what all super famous people have done, since forever.
He’s still a humble guy and let’s be honest there’s less skeletons in his closet than there is for some of the other class of 92.
Easy to say on a forum. Faced with the actual 150 million your innate sense of morality would make you turn it down.
Morally it's wrong - but I said 99% of people would take the money.
Becks has a superb, well cultivated imagine - but beneath it he's all business.
As for sitting on the couch having an opinion - you could say that about absolutely anything. People have opinions, deal with it.
you know me, I am a pretenderAt the very least, you would hope he channels a significant amount of it into humanitarian, environmental or other worthy causes. He actually has a chance to make a real difference here - would be quite disappointing if it all goes to a yacht or another vanity project.
It's not different opinions, that's called being ignorant and partly racist towards eastern countries.
All of you not agreeing with what he is doing should get a fecking life.
Who would say no to 150 mil to do basically nothing?
My god the moral ground these days is fecking insane.
Who would say no to 150 mil to do basically nothing?
My god the moral ground these days is fecking insane.
How much did you get from Newcastle?
I'm out of the loop on this one, what e-mail hacks?
Sorry but this is complete BS. The majority hated Saudi ownership because they were using Islamic law in the country.
Its sad really because its pretty normal to hate on the arab countries. Its done mostly because of their religion and Islamic law.
Well he's got a Palace and now he'll have an embassy.