Thanks to a reader for sending this in. Herbalife follows Xango in sponsoring a MLS team. This should be pretty good press for Herbalife considering David Beckham’s celebrity status.


ZeeNews:

Calif, March 25: David Beckham and his Los Angeles Galaxy teammates
will promote a nutritional products manufacturer in his first MLS
season.

AEG, operators of the Galaxy, announced the
signing of a five-year, multimillion sponsorship contract with
Herbalife Ltd. on Friday, giving the direct-sales company the right to
showcase its brand name across the front of the team jersey.

The agreement first was reported Thursday night in the online
edition of the Wall Street Journal, which said the deal would pay the
Galaxy between $3.5 million and $5 million a year through 2011.

MLS became the first American professional league to sell its
jersey front last fall, and the Galaxy is the second team to do so.
Real Salt Lake was the first, agreeing to a four-year deal with the
Utah-based supplement juice company XanGo in November. Such sponsorship
is common in Europe.