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Transcript: David Beckham Profile
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- 60 Minutes (CBS)
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- March 23, 2008
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Anderson Cooper
60 Minutes (CBS)
03-23-2008
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) KROFT: Now, CNN`s Anderson Cooper, on assignment for 60 MINUTES.
COOPER: You`ve probably heard of soccer player David Beckham. But what might surprise you is that, with the possible exception of Tiger Woods, the 32-year-old Englishman has become the most well-known and well- compensated athlete in the world.
He had spent his whole career playing in Europe, but last summer signed a five-year deal to play in the United States for a little-known soccer team called the Los Angeles Galaxy. He was hired to win games and to finally make soccer into a big-time, moneymaking spectator sport in the U.S. It is a long shot, but as you`re ...