TV View:It was a risky enough question for Jimmy Hill to ask, but ask it he did: "Am I going mad?" His colleagues around the breakfast table on Sky Sports' Sunday Supplement focused their eyes and thoughts on their croissants for fear they might be tempted to respond in the affirmative.

Jimmy, of course, isn't everyone's mug of coffee, but you should know that there is actually a bloggy-type website out there that goes by the name of: I Love Jimmy Hill's Sunday Supplement! No kiddin'. And its subtitle is: Worshipping televisual genius.

Mind you, there's another Jimmy-loving website that hasn't been updated since November 2004, and we know for a fact that Jimmy hasn't been idle since then. A fickle fan, if ever there was one, they've probably switched allegiances to Marty Morrissey.

Undoubtedly, though, Jimmy has an extraordinary record in football, playing for Brentford and Fulham, becoming chairman of the Professional Footballers Association, bringing about the scrapping of the maximum wage, managing Coventry, and later having spells as chairman of Coventry, Charlton and Fulham. All these things Jimmy tells us about each and every week on Sunday Supplement, lest we forget.

Anyway, what prompted Jimmy to wonder if he'd mislaid his marbles was news of the loot David Beckham will reportedly be paid by the Galactico-free zone that is LA Galaxy. "Am I going mad or is that really happening to that player," he asked. "As someone who was about the place when we were paid £20 a week to play football it's, it's, it's . . ."

It was, quite probably, the first time ever, ever, ever Jimmy was lost for words.

This £20-a-week business, though, well, that's the thing: Jimmy has really never come to terms with inflation. His £20-a-week, back when he was banging in the goals for Fulham, was almost certainly the equivalent of $250 million over five years. You have to index link these things.

But still, Jimmy was baffled, not least because, he admitted, Beckham isn't a player who would give him a "sleepless night, he wouldn't frighten the life out of me if I had to mark him tomorrow". We took this as a come-and-get-me plea from Jimmy to Kansas City Wizards, who might be tempted to play him at left-back for their next Major League Soccer ding-dong with the Galaxy. David would be counting sheep for a week.

Rob Beasley, of the News of the World, was less emotional about Beckham's career move, although he hinted at a certain lack of respect for the MLS by declaring that Beckham had "committed soccer suicide, he'll never play a meaningful game again".

"But Posh and Becks will become bigger than Mickey and Minnie over there," countered Brian Woolnough of the Daily Star, an argument that, surprisingly enough, didn't sway Rob.

Ian McGarry of the Sun was equally dubious about the whole business, wondering if the Galaxy knew what they were getting for their money. "I think his last good game of football was against Greece in 2001, I can't remember a standout game that he has played since then, either for club or country. I think his career was over when he was 26," he said.

That class of talk, we reckoned, was as daft as all those silly claims that Beckham was the greatest player who ever graced planet earth. As is usually the case, the truth lay somewhere in between.

Over on RTÉ, the day before, Johnny Giles, who was joined on the bench by Graeme Souness, back for another loan spell at Montrose after impressing during the summer, was leaping about the studio, swinging from the rafters, hysterical as he ranted about the whole business. Na, we're jesting. "It's the usual Beckham," he sighed.

Ray Houghton, though, reckoned he knew who was behind the move. No, not Tom Cruise. Back to Ray. "He's driven by his wife," he alleged, "I think she has a large part to do with it."

Cripes Ray, the only thing Victoria drives is a Porsche. Besides, would she really have had to threaten to sing to force David to sign that $250-million-over-five-years contract? Na. We've an inkling David's chat with LA Galaxy went like this: "I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want - $250-million-over-five-years." And they said: "Sure thing."

We're doubtful that Roy Keane, David's former captain, would have opted for the LA Galaxy route if it had been offered to him, but you never know. According to a Weakest Link contestant last week, Keane already has a successful career behind him in that part of the world. Anne Robinson: "What actor, who came to fame in westerns, was known as 'King of the Cowboys'? Roy who?"

Contestant: "Roy Keane?"