Brooklyn Beckham Played Among Legends of the Game, Probably Didn't Deserve It

David Beckham seems like a perfectly nice guy. He set up the very benevolent UNICEF Match For Children, creating an opportunity for people to donate to children in danger and watch some of the biggest names in the history of the beautiful game at the same time. Ronaldinho was there, along with John Terry and Landon Donovan—oh, and so was David Beckham's fairly unimpressive 16-year-old son.

I know. I know what you're thinking: "Give the kid a break," you say. "He's only 16." I see that. But I guess what I'm getting at, is that his dad shouldn't have put him in such a weird position in the first place. I mean, Brooklyn was playing for the all-time greats of Great Britain and Ireland for Christ's sake—against a team named "The Rest of the World" to top it off.

That doesn't seem right for a kid who was released by Arsenal's youth team. But it does seem right for a kid who immediately received interest from his legendary father's old club afterward. Not to mention the fact that David recently went on TV to recount the time that one of his sons said, "'Every time I step on to the field, I know people are saying, This is David Beckham's son,' and if I am not as good as you, then it is not good enough.'" (See what I mean?)

Telegraph went so far as to say that the UNICEF Match for Children Beckham-for-Beckham in-game substitution (shown above) was, "Nepotism at its finest, ladies and gentleman."

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Brooklyn wasn't even on the roster in the first place.

But the younger Beckham had the decency to make a nod to the whole bombastic situation on his Instagram account, and show appreciation rather than outright humility or embarrassment.

A pretty classy move from the offspring, despite his dad's weird decision to awkwardly put his son on the pitch with fucking legends. Brooklyn's pure class gives hope for the future generations of Beckhams—even if it's not on the pitch.