Comments

You must log in or register to comment.

loldonkimo OP t1_iwrlx89 wrote

David, what was it about the £150million they gave you that made you form this view?

758

BeepBeepWhistle t1_iwrmsgs wrote

Roses are red, violets are blue.. pay me enough cash and I’ll sell my soul too..

357

Hizjyayvu t1_iwrnxpi wrote

The things people do for money...

78

ddt70 t1_iwrq0wl wrote

Speaking of platforms….. why does he have one?

I ask that sincerely….. apart from football and being easy on the eye, what exactly is it that he has to say that is of any importance to anything?

Yes I know that in a vacuous world of Kardashians, he’s not the worst….. but we really need to get a grip on how stupid and baseless we are becoming.

33

GreasyWerker118 t1_iwrromx wrote

I thought that was a Beaverton headline at first glance

2

Sublimed4 t1_iws18is wrote

Shill it like Beckham.

44

mala27369 t1_iws1vzm wrote

Wonder how much he got paid for that lie?

2

ReadAllAboutIt92 t1_iws3au0 wrote

Looks like Joe Lycett’s going to be shredding that £10K

28

EcchiOli t1_iws4i6z wrote

Reminds me of that delightfully amusing news story from 2016.

The Robert E. Lee elementary school, in Texas, USA, launched a poll to determine which new name it should adopt, a name that would reflect modern values of tolerance and inclusivity.

Well, quoting https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Adolf-Hitler-School-for-Friendship-and-Tolerance-7307299.php ,

> Among the suggestions for the school were Adolf Hitler School for Friendship and Tolerance

It's as convincing as Beckham's current point.

13

QuestionableAI t1_iws5bz4 wrote

Why does every rich dude turn into an utter mouth-breathing baboon? It is just the millions in pays off for that shite? Probably.

53

Rosebunse t1_iws5qat wrote

Replying to QuestionableAI (#559,831)

He has said that he's a royalist. The guy is rich and in an ivory tower. And maybe even more than that, this is his sport, the thing that gave him his wealth and his family. Plus, he's probably got money invested in this.

29

diefree85 t1_iwsbaqx wrote

So an idiot or taking massive amounts of money for his soul?

4

leapdayjose t1_iwshays wrote

Lmao. Does he mean that it's a chance for them to learn how to tolerate and include outside tourists and standards of operations?

1

MansfromDaVinci t1_iwsi648 wrote

"Two decades ago a small group of football lovers from Qatar with nothing but a dream, $335 billion dollars, and a complete disregard for human rights, dared to dream a fantastic dream: that they could bring the greatest football show on earth to their home country and to the Middle East for the very first time"

314

whyhercules t1_iwsitk9 wrote

>“Qatar dreamed of bringing the World Cup to a place that it had never been before, but that it wouldn’t be enough just to achieve things on the pitch,” he said. “The pitch would be a platform for progress.”
>
>He also said: “Dreams can come true. That is why you are here. You share Generation Amazing’s [Qatar-backed youth festival in Doha] twin passions for the game of football and for making the world a more tolerant and inclusive place.”
>
>...
>
>However, Beckham said Qatar and its ambassadors were changing lives for the better.: “Every one of the great players I was lucky enough to play with started exactly the same way,” he said. “In a back garden, park, or a street outside their home with just a ball and an imagination that they dared to let run wild.
>
>“Almost two decades ago a small group of football lovers from Qatar had an equally fantastic dream: that they could bring the greatest football show on earth to their home country and to the Middle East for the very first time.
>
>“And now we are here. Because when dreams are harnessed and mixed with dedication and hard work, they are no longer dreams. They become reality.”
>
>He added: “I want to say to all of you, ‘today is your day to dream’. Because there are no limits to what you and your teammates can achieve in our beautiful game.
>
>“Even before this festival kicks off, more than a million lives have been touched to create an inspirational global community of coaches, educators and new young leaders. It all began as a dream. That is now yours. So please be inspired and pass it on.”

That's the things Beckham said as quoted in the article, the parts from the headline seem to come from the first two paragraphs, his introduction, which I've bolded. The context is that this was a speech aimed at kids from a Middle East and non-footballing background who want to play football.

3

coolluck33 t1_iwsmorw wrote

David, you best hope that the Qatar Morals police don't catch u drinking whatever it was that made u lose your damn mind..

3

schizolicious t1_iwso5t3 wrote

Mother fucker can bend reality too it seems

7

LostBoyz007 t1_iwsv2qp wrote

I'm sorry I couldn't hear you. Could you take all the cash out of your mouth

2

wabashcanonball t1_iwswg68 wrote

Sellout. I’m so frikin’ sick of sellouts. It’s as if having money makes one’s integrity and morals just up and disappear.

5

AbradolfLincler77 t1_iwsxsay wrote

I never had much respect for Beckham, the sell out that he is and I definitely have none anymore.

2

MansfromDaVinci t1_iwsxzqr wrote

Replying to MansfromDaVinci (#560,734)

​

“And now, 6500 dead labourers later, we are here. Because when dreams, and third world desperation, are harnessed and mixed with dedication, and hard working slaves, they are no longer dreams. They become reality."

164

trdamateur t1_iwszehh wrote

Yeah for money hungry fake ass mofo

1

provocative_bear t1_iwszhha wrote

Replying to ddt70 (#558,722)

Well, he does soccer, and this is about a soccer venue, so it's a little relevant. Not saying that he wasn't totally bought for 150 million by Qatar, but it's not like they got a Kardashian to promote their little slave-built soccer game.

4

-Dalzik- t1_iwt11i3 wrote

What's next for Beckham, a crypto commercial?

3

laalhambra t1_iwt44d0 wrote

Inclusivity of homophobes and intolerant pricks.

3

bluebook21 t1_iwt7rdp wrote

Well , he'd certainly know if it wasn't. I mean being from a traditionally marginalized group, and all.

1

TandroSonali t1_iwt9m4f wrote

Wow, just shut up about it at least. Enjoy your money, don't embarrass yourself.

1

agoia t1_iwt9mng wrote

Replying to MansfromDaVinci (#562,069)

"We welcome everyone to our lush and inviting land! ...that definitely is not so inherently hostile that we had to move the whole event so that spectators and competitors would not die like the brave workers who built the magnificent stadiums.

54

agoia t1_iwt9ubo wrote

Replying to ddt70 (#558,861)

I doubt that anyone will ever know the true number of workers that died for WC2022. It's like trying to quantify Russian soldier losses during the invasion of Ukraine.

2

ja_maz t1_iwtaa6l wrote

The problem with listening to successful soccer players. They stopped studying in middle school and money is all they know/care about. Not the best role models.

3

Klaus0225 t1_iwtaghf wrote

Replying to omally_360 (#560,440)

If I were in his shoes? Absolutely not. I’d already have more than enough to last my family generations. Would not be worth the compromise. If I were in my current shoes somehow getting this offer? Absolutely yes.

21

[deleted] t1_iwtaq5q wrote

someone should look into his accounts see if he got a deposit from a Qatari firm.

1

stu8018 t1_iwtbgdy wrote

Yes they killed 6500 workers from many countries building that crap. Gimmie a break.

3

Robiwan05 t1_iwtbx99 wrote

I won't tolerate Qatar or their world cup. Fuck your religion and Fuck your status quo.

3

Kinenai t1_iwtcaey wrote

Lebron James is Bri'ish?

0

ukexpat t1_iwtd1yk wrote

Beckham is a sellout and can go fuck himself.

2

micro012 t1_iwtfska wrote

he'd hot and his passes are on fire but have you heard him speak?

1

MotorFly71 t1_iwtjm2a wrote

He was paid £150,000,000 by Qatar. He can fuck right off.

1

cyrixlord t1_iwtkuoe wrote

someone got paid like congress did from tobacco companies saying smoking was healthy

1

Ozi_izO t1_iwtkvaj wrote

I guess he likes money then...

1

Hsensei t1_iwtszn9 wrote

That check must have had plenty of zeros

2

Dudelison t1_iwttp9y wrote

Replying to omally_360 (#559,615)

I would probably say yes in MY shoes, because I don't have millions of dollars in my shoes, in their shoes you should have the luxury to pass on a couple of million.

11

Reali5t t1_iwtzlhz wrote

One will say such shit when one is paid a whole lot of money to say such shit.

2

Slyguyfawkes t1_iwtznm4 wrote

I wonder how much Qatar paid him to say that

3

Berkut22 t1_iwu0oji wrote

Replying to HendoJay (#558,925)

People who get to that level of obscene wealth don't see cash as a currency anymore, it's a high score. It's a status symbol.

They treat it like a dragon sitting on it's hoard of gold.

2

ZeroAfro t1_iwu0uvr wrote

Qatar and "inclusivity and tolerance" don't go together. Lol

1

Nop277 t1_iwu2yi0 wrote

Replying to Klaus0225 (#563,022)

If I were in my current shoes I would deffintely take the money knowing I'm taking 150 million dollars to be an ambassador which is to them, essentially worthless. I'm pretty sure half the people I have sway over don't even know what or where Qatar is, or have any interest in soccer for that matter.

5

CaptainC0medy t1_iwu3noy wrote

So you would press a button that wpuld give you 1 million but kill 1 person, but you think david beckham getting 150 million to say some words is terrible?

0

Doghead_sunbro t1_iwu6j0s wrote

Guess Joe Lycett is going to shred that 10k after all

1

Heckin_Ryn t1_iwu6y5y wrote

David Beckham cashes comically oversized check

2

Jebus_UK t1_iwu92a4 wrote

LOL - what a shill

2

Anaistrocas t1_iwu9l4j wrote

How inclusive have other WC been?

−2

SF-Samara t1_iwua7u1 wrote

Interesting, all I see coming out of his mouth is are cocks .

0

AC_Zeno t1_iwuebzj wrote

Qatar is very inclusive of the things that they tolerate.

Which isn’t much.

1

show_me_what_you-got t1_iwuglbn wrote

What a bellend. Had much respect for not queue jumping when paying respects to the Queen (unlike some of our other ‘national treasures’) but to say shit like this is fucking ridiculous!

1

bsnimunf t1_iwugw1z wrote

Beckham's going to regret taking that money from Qatar. Yeas its a shit load of money and he's got to pay for Posh and Brooklyns fake careers but he was loaded anyway that extra money means nothing to him. He had a solid reputation which obviously means alot to him and that's probably gone now.

1

omally_360 t1_iwuictc wrote

Replying to goliathfasa (#562,110)

Yes, that’s all I am saying, although I probably said it in a rather cross way. Do I support A World Cup in Qatar? Absolutely a million times NO.

But for 150 million I could probably say, which may or may not be true (hopefully the former), that hosting there perhaps will progress the country at least a little bit.

That is the hope anyway. That this World Cup opens the regimes eyes.

I just think it’s unlikely that the majority of average reddit user would just turn down that kind of money for basicslly minimum work.

But good for them, I have to add.

1

isleepdickup t1_iwuiflo wrote

To be fair, he is very very stupid.

2

glovefatboy t1_iwuisjp wrote

When England won the world cup in 1966, homosexuality was a criminal offence in the UK.

1

Darzok t1_iwutd3u wrote

Replying to go_comatose_for_me (#559,082)

I hate to say it but for 150m i would say that total bs as well knowing it was a lie. That been said once the money is mine and there no longer able to do shit i would be open about saying it for the 150m and call them out on the bs.

3

OldBob10 t1_iwuxubw wrote

Sooner or later, every paid shill ends up looking like an ass.

1

fabregazzzz t1_iwv4h3n wrote

It is. The whole world don't share the same culture. LGBT is not acceptable in a lot of countries.

1

KFCConspiracy t1_iwv6a76 wrote

Replying to ddt70 (#558,722)

This is probably the one place he SHOULD have a platform since he's an expert on soccer. Now, I think what he said is stupid as fuck and he was clearly paid to say it.

0

MrEntropy44 t1_iwv9tkh wrote

Please, Rich straight cis white guy who only knows how to kick balls, Share more of your wisdom.

2

Leadantagonist t1_iwvan4n wrote

Replying to ddt70 (#558,722)

It’s a soccer player talking about soccer?? And he doesn’t have a platform he has a brand. His band as one of the most famous soccer players of all time. Again taking about soccer.

Hello? I see where you were trying to go, but you didn’t even think about it a little?

0

Throwawayiea t1_iwvctud wrote

David Beckham just ruined his international reputation. Qatar for inclusivity and tolerance is the biggest joke yet!

1

Cautemoc t1_iwvh1o7 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#565,091)

Now imagine you are already a billionaire and the place you're asked to lie about is literally using slave labor to build the place you will play a game in.

3

Trelogan t1_iwvjpzk wrote

Maybe David should get a sponsorship deal with specsavers

1

reddit_random_user_2 t1_iwvy899 wrote

They will probably throw all gay people off the roof of the stadium in that country. Muslims there are not as "left" leaning as they are in western countries, and their religion has something special to say about LGBT folks. Stay cautious. Stay vigilant. Don't unfurl rainbow flags and shout woke stuff. Happy footballing!

Also, don't say anything about climate change or global warming. They might get offended by that too.

1

mailordermonster t1_iww54v4 wrote

Replying to QuestionableAI (#559,831)

"The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed." Balzac

Or to put it more simply - "behind every great fortune lies a great crime"

You don't get to be a multi-millionaire/billionaire by being nice and following the rules. If we actually rewarded people for being a benefit to society then teachers, social workers, etc... would be the rich ones.

2

[deleted] t1_iwywry2 wrote

David Beckham is full of shite is what he is.

1

xaviertravel t1_ix2zr8i wrote

Something went missing in this ‘look forward to visiting Qatar when it has fulfilled all the human rights pledges it made” when it became the tournament’s host.’ Pests go bk to how it ended up being in Qatar in the first place - via votes

1