Bending the Tax Rate and Salary Cap Like Beckham

Those incredible feathery, looping cross-field passes from David Beckham to LA Galaxy teammates Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane will soon be a thing of the DVR. The MLS Cup on December 1 will officially mark the end of the Beckham Carson home field era.

On the occasion of Beckham’s imminent departure, International Herald Tribune columnist Rob Hughes reminds that the soccer star is responsible for not one but two major changes to sports league financial rules.

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