Lavar Arrington in Serious Condition

[Dr. Sak]

WASHINGTON - LaVar Arrington, a former member of the Washington Redskins and New York Giants, has been seriously hurt in a motorcycle crash Monday afternoon.

Prince George's County Fire tells WTOP that Arrington is in serious condition after the crash near Route 50 and the Capital Beltway.

Channel 9 reports Arrington was taken to Prince George's Hospital Center.

Arrington was drafted by the Redskins out of Penn State in 2000. He was cut by the New York Giants this year after suffering a season-ending foot injury.

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1169764

[JPhillips]

Dear Football Players,

Stop riding motorcycles.

Sincerely,

Common Sense

[Lathum]

I hope he is ok

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

Dear Football Players,

Stop riding motorcycles.

Sincerely,

Common Sense

What's this have to do with being a football player? If the injury is bad enough, this is more about survival than playing a game. He'd have issues as an accountant, too, wouldn't he?

[Wolfpack]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

What's this have to do with being a football player? If the injury is bad enough, this is more about survival than playing a game. He'd have issues as an accountant, too, wouldn't he?

This is true as a general rule of motorcyclists, but given that the accountant (unless sustaining head and arm injuries) will most likely not have his future earning potential ruined by a motorcycle accident, while an NFL player will, you do have to wonder why they take such a risk.

[Maple Leafs]

Sad story. I've been a fan of his ever since he was on a home decorating show and beat up the host for wearing a Ravens jersey on the Skins' practice field.

[stevew]

Yeah, I hope he gets better quickly, he's always someone I have liked as a player and competitor.

[Emiliano]

Originally Posted by stevew

Yeah, I hope he gets better quickly, he's always someone I have liked as a player and competitor.

Yeah, me too. I hope to see him again on the field, one day.

[JPhillips]

Wolfpack hit it on the head. When you have a limited window to earn millions of dollars riding a motorcycle is absurdly foolish.

According to WTEM on the ride home from daycare Lavar has some broken bones , but nothing life threatening. He was wearing a helmet, but I think I heard that he didn't have a motorcycle license.

[Brillig]

I've come to the conclusion that if you have the type of personality to think "I better not do that, I might get seriously injured," then there is no way you'd ever play professional football - probably not even college ball.

[JPhillips]

That's not really an accurate analogy though. It's more like, "I could get seriously hurt almost every week, so I shouldn't do anything that substantially adds to that risk until I'm out of the game."

[Ksyrup]

No, I think these guys feel invincible precisely because they play football, not the other way around.

[k0ruptr]

don't think I'd feel very invincible if I was a former first round pick that got cut by the Redskins AND Giants. lol

[JPhillips]

But it's not true of all football players. Therefore, I think the ones who put their career at risk by riding a motorcycle are foolish. I don't buy the argument that because they play a risky game it's unreasonable to expect them to weigh risk off the field.

[Brillig]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

But it's not true of all football players. Therefore, I think the ones who put their career at risk by riding a motorcycle are foolish. I don't buy the argument that because they play a risky game it's unreasonable to expect them to weigh risk off the field.

Reasonableness doesn't enter into it. I'm saying that the type of person who goes into football is substantially less likely to consider the risk of injury. I'm not saying that they consider the risk and believe they can beat the odds, but that they just don't enter the risk into their calculations. I.e., their brains work a little differently.

Yes, putting a multi-million dollar future in jeopardy by riding a motorcycle is foolish. The same could be said of all the athletes who put their lives and careers in jeopardy by driving drunk. Certainly they can afford to hire a limo or a cab... I'm not saying it's not the height of folly, I'm just saying it's not unexpected.

[Dr. Sak]

I've had the pleasure to play against Lavar in High School and go to a few football camps with him and I have nothing but good things to say about him. He is a real down to earth, intelligent human being. I hope he makes a full recovery.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Brillig

Yes, putting a multi-million dollar future in jeopardy by riding a motorcycle is foolish.

Ping Ron Gant.

[stevew]

He's not under contract right now, and I believe his career might be over anyways. Hopefully he made enough money in that window. Maybe he'll get into coaching or something, give back to the game.

[Schmidty]

Regardless of all of this typical, cynical, monotonous FOFC blather, I definitely hope the guy is ok.

[hoopsguy]

Originally Posted by Brillig

Yes, putting a multi-million dollar future in jeopardy by riding a motorcycle is foolish.

Ping Jason (call me Jay) Williams.

[Karlifornia]

I dunno...making money isn't everybody's be all, end all. Some people want to do the things that make them happy. I know, shocking... Hope he recovers.

[RedKingGold]

I've heard that his injuries are not life threatening, but he does have a broken leg, arm, ribs, etc.

Anyways, kinda sad to see this one happen. I'm not a big autograph guy, but one of my favorite football-related memories was going down on the field and meeting LaVar. I'll echo bsak's sentiments as Arrington was very kind to fans and willing to be the stay on the field as long as possible to sign as many autographs and meet as many people as possible.

While I'm not really a fan of singular players in the NFL, I was still really hoping that Arrington would have a great career. Unfortunately, if the career wasn't over already, I think this clinches it.