He could go about his life with out being hounded or photographed you mean?? His children could grow up with out having to wonder if their friends just wanted to get to know them for their dad??? LOL sorry there a few of us Americans that follow football, but most Americans think of it as that other sport! so you're right. I have to admit my first thought when I read the statement was "WHY??" But I would go out of my way to see him play, much more so than I would to see Beckham play, but it was a circus when he moved to LA that it make me sick to my stomach just watching him and Victoria on the news every night!!!