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I hope he can still play after this. Really good guy. Sucks to hear this.

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I hope he heals and plays in the NFL again. He is too young to retire on a mediocre career. Best Wishes to Lavar and his family and WARPATH I"ll take the PRO BOWL jersey!

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This is too bad for LA. I'm glad he was smart enough to wear a helmet. Today's Wash Post indicates his career is likely over as there was lukewarm interest in him and now he's hurt. LA was a good player but never the great player I expected.

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A couple things:

I don't doubt that riding a motorcycle can be done safely if properly trained. And I don't doubt that most motorbike accidents are the result of the rider doing something wrong.

But at the same time, it's still riskier than a car. If you drive a car safely and properly, and you drive a motorcycle safely and properly, the chances of you being in an accident are both about the same. You keep the probability of an accident nice and low by driving safely and defensively, whether you're on a bike or in a car. But the difference is with accidents caused by some other moron driver. You can't stop other people from driving drunk, running red lights, or looking back to scold little Johnny for punching little Mikey. If you're in a car, and you get in an accident at 25 MPH, you get out of the car and you exchange insurance information, and go on your merry way. On a motorbike at 25 MPH, you're thrown from the bike and seriously hurt (possibly killed depending on how you land). That's the difference. The margin for error is smaller on a bike, because ANY accident can severely eff you up.

But I generally agree that the main reason Lavar is a retard for this one is because he depends on his body for his livelihood, and he didn't have a license.

As for the sensitivity stuff, I think it's nice that some of you guys are sensitive to Lavar and touchy feely about not discussing motorcycle safety until a grace period goes by. But I'm not sensitive and I'm not sorry about it. I'd like to discuss motorcycle safety, if you'd like to be sensitive you don't have to discuss it with me. I just hope the board doesn't go all censorship on these types of discussions just to be sensitive.

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Yes, 3 month bans for all who aren't sensitive to LaVar.

Why would we "go all censorship"? :confused:

It's my personal opinion that hours after someone is involved in a serious accident it's not really the appropriate time to be debating whether or not he should have been riding a motorcycle in the first place.

But hey that's just me, if you disagree you don't have to talk about it with me.

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there is one thing that really bothers me. how come the govt can make places no smoking, and ban abortions, all in the eye of public safety. but people can drive a car 65 mph, while talking on cell phone? or you can drive a motorcycle mph, WITHOUT a helmet? isn't this stuff kind of unsafe?

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[quote=Mattyk72;319391]Yes, 3 month bans for all who aren't sensitive to LaVar.

Why would we "go all censorship"? :confused:

It's my personal opinion that hours after someone is involved in a serious accident it's not really the appropriate time to be debating whether or not he should have been riding a motorcycle in the first place.

But hey that's just me, if you disagree you don't have to talk about it with me.[/quote]

OK cool. That's my fault, sometimes it's hard to separate the Mod Matty from the member Matty. When you wrote your post saying 'I think more than anything we should just focus on LaVar's well being for now.' I thought you might have been laying down the law rather than just giving opinion. I misinterpreted.

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[quote=dmek25;319394]there is one thing that really bothers me. how come the govt can make places no smoking, and ban abortions, all in the eye of public safety. but people can drive a car 65 mph, while talking on cell phone? or you can drive a motorcycle mph, WITHOUT a helmet? isn't this stuff kind of unsafe?[/quote]

Actually the government does ban all that stuff, you'd get cited for any of those offenses. It's just impossible to enforce the law upon everyone, cops can't be everywhere to write tickets to every single person who rides without a helmet, rides without a license, or speeds.

PS Not related to your point of course, but Lavar was wearing a helmet, dunno if you missed that detail.

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schneed, i think in Pennsylvania, its the riders choice to wear or not to wear. and i don't think Pa. has any laws on the books regarding talking when driving. and yeah, i know Lavar was wearing his helmet. although I'm still trying to figure out how he got it on?

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[quote=Schneed10;319381]A couple things:

I don't doubt that riding a motorcycle can be done safely if properly trained. And I don't doubt that most motorbike accidents are the result of the rider doing something wrong.

But at the same time, it's still riskier than a car. If you drive a car safely and properly, and you drive a motorcycle safely and properly, the chances of you being in an accident are both about the same. You keep the probability of an accident nice and low by driving safely and defensively, whether you're on a bike or in a car. But the difference is with accidents caused by some other moron driver. You can't stop other people from driving drunk, running red lights, or looking back to scold little Johnny for punching little Mikey. If you're in a car, and you get in an accident at 25 MPH, you get out of the car and you exchange insurance information, and go on your merry way. On a motorbike at 25 MPH, you're thrown from the bike and seriously hurt (possibly killed depending on how you land). That's the difference. The margin for error is smaller on a bike, because ANY accident can severely eff you up.

But I generally agree that the main reason Lavar is a retard for this one is because he depends on his body for his livelihood, and he didn't have a license.

As for the sensitivity stuff, I think it's nice that some of you guys are sensitive to Lavar and touchy feely about not discussing motorcycle safety until a grace period goes by. But I'm not sensitive and I'm not sorry about it. I'd like to discuss motorcycle safety, if you'd like to be sensitive you don't have to discuss it with me. I just hope the board doesn't go all censorship on these types of discussions just to be sensitive.[/quote]

Schneed,

Since Lavar is likely going to be fine, I don't have a problem with this debate right now. Your point that riding a bike is inherently more dangerous due to the higher likelihood of injury is well taken and I don't dispute you, but the same arguement could be applied to cars too. Convertibles, small cars, sports cars, pickups for example all represent much higher injury/fatality rates than minivans. Does that mean we all should drive minivans, or that it is "dumb" to drive a smaller car? How about riding a bicycle or walking? More pedestrians are killed per mile traveled than any other mode of transportation in this country...should we label walking as "dumb?"

Motorvehicle transportation has inherent risks no matter what you drive/ride/fly. Just ask the families of the roughly 50,000 people a year who die in auto accidents each year, or of the 3500 who die on motorcycles. My point is that proper training and discipline can mitigate the lion share of those risks. You will never eliminate the risk of a freak accident, but you can put the odds in your favor.

My point is that your choice of transportation has less do with that risk than your behavior while operating your vehicle of choice. Hence I take issue with your labeling motorcycles as "dumb."

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I'm on schneeds side with this. i consider myself a pretty good driver. but there are lots of times on the highway, when a motorcycle goes buzzing by me. the dangerous part is the majority of the time, i never saw them. just too small, on the big over sized highways

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[quote=Mc2guy;319449]Schneed,

Since Lavar is likely going to be fine, I don't have a problem with this debate right now. Your point that riding a bike is inherently more dangerous due to the higher likelihood of injury is well taken and I don't dispute you, but the same arguement could be applied to cars too. Convertibles, small cars, sports cars, pickups for example all represent much higher injury/fatality rates than minivans. Does that mean we all should drive minivans, or that it is "dumb" to drive a smaller car? How about riding a bicycle or walking? More pedestrians are killed per mile traveled than any other mode of transportation in this country...should we label walking as "dumb?"

Motorvehicle transportation has inherent risks no matter what you drive/ride/fly. Just ask the families of the roughly 50,000 people a year who die in auto accidents each year, or of the 3500 who die on motorcycles. My point is that proper training and discipline can mitigate the lion share of those risks. You will never eliminate the risk of a freak accident, but you can put the odds in your favor.

My point is that your choice of transportation has less do with that risk than your behavior while operating your vehicle of choice. Hence I take issue with your labeling motorcycles as "dumb."[/quote]

Yeah your point is valid.

First, I do think driving a small car like a Porsche is pretty dumb. They're dreadfully unsafe in crashes. So you're right, the same logic I'm applying to motorcycles definitely applies to very small cars (especially fast ones).

But I do agree that you can mitigate a lot of the risk by driving safely. Just not as much as you could by driving a car safely. That's why I just can never in a million years understand the decision to ride a motorbike, no matter how safely you operate it. It doesn't make logical sense.

But then again riding a bike isn't about logic. People just like it. And to me, doing something that doesn't make the most sense in favor of doing something fun is by definition, unsmart.

But yeah, it's not as unsmart as driving a motorbike recklessly.

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PS When I labeled riding the bike as "dumb" in my initial post, I meant it was especially dumb for Lavar because he needs his body to earn millions of dollars.

For Joe Schmoe, it's not nearly as dumb. Still a little dumb though, IMO.

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[quote=Schneed10;319459]Yeah your point is valid.

First, I do think driving a small car like a Porsche is pretty dumb. They're dreadfully unsafe in crashes. So you're right, the same logic I'm applying to motorcycles definitely applies to very small cars (especially fast ones).

But I do agree that you can mitigate a lot of the risk by driving safely. Just not as much as you could by driving a car safely. That's why I just can never in a million years understand the decision to ride a motorbike, no matter how safely you operate it. It doesn't make logical sense.

But then again riding a bike isn't about logic. People just like it. And to me, doing something that doesn't make the most sense in favor of doing something fun is by definition, unsmart.

But yeah, it's not as unsmart as driving a motorbike recklessly.[/quote]

Fair enough, but making the "most sense" by your definition is a subjective issue. What makes "sense" to you may not to others, so keep that in mind. I don't think commuting to work by yourself in a giant gas guzzling SUV makes any "sense" but a lot of other people seem to disagree with me, so I'll chalk that up to differing sensibilities. That's what makes this country great, the personal freedom to make choices that others can't understand.

BTW I am not poking at your logic, but it is my experience that people who "don't get" riding a motorcycle will never understand. It's like the old WP radio ads..."if you don't get it, you don't get it." No amount of explanation is going to make you understand why people ride... it's in your genes or it isn't. Don't just call it unsmart because you don't understand it. I believe it is dumb to live your life concentrating on how not to die so you can end up crusty and old with limited life experiences.

Under your thread of logic any behavior that isn't the safest possible alternative is "dumb". In that case I want to see you start calling every single footballer we so vigorously cheer for dumb, because they are doing something risky.

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My best wishes go out to LaVar and his family. Get well soon big guy, you have a family to take care of.

So ... how's the bike?

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[quote=Schneed10;319461]PS When I labeled riding the bike as "dumb" in my initial post, I meant it was especially dumb for Lavar because he needs his body to earn millions of dollars.

For Joe Schmoe, it's not nearly as dumb. Still a little dumb though, IMO.[/quote]
I think more improtant its dumb because he now has children to raise and they need their father.

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[quote=Schneed10;319381]A couple things:

I don't doubt that riding a motorcycle can be done safely if properly trained. And I don't doubt that most motorbike accidents are the result of the rider doing something wrong.

But at the same time, it's still riskier than a car. If you drive a car safely and properly, and you drive a motorcycle safely and properly, the chances of you being in an accident are both about the same. You keep the probability of an accident nice and low by driving safely and defensively, whether you're on a bike or in a car. But the difference is with accidents caused by some other moron driver. You can't stop other people from driving drunk, running red lights, or looking back to scold little Johnny for punching little Mikey. If you're in a car, and you get in an accident at 25 MPH, you get out of the car and you exchange insurance information, and go on your merry way. On a motorbike at 25 MPH, you're thrown from the bike and seriously hurt (possibly killed depending on how you land). That's the difference. The margin for error is smaller on a bike, because ANY accident can severely eff you up.

But I generally agree that the main reason Lavar is a retard for this one is because he depends on his body for his livelihood, and he didn't have a license.

As for the sensitivity stuff, I think it's nice that some of you guys are sensitive to Lavar and touchy feely about not discussing motorcycle safety until a grace period goes by. But I'm not sensitive and I'm not sorry about it. I'd like to discuss motorcycle safety, if you'd like to be sensitive you don't have to discuss it with me. I just hope the board doesn't go all censorship on these types of discussions just to be sensitive.[/quote]

I agree with your response in most cases. I do think that any motorcycle safety discussion should be taking place in a separate thread and I would be happy to discuss it there. I am not a sensitive person by any means, but when someone is injured and the thread was created to spread the news of that injury a debate about MC safety should not take place in that thread. Just my 2 cents, and really its only worth about a penny.

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[quote=dmek25;319394]there is one thing that really bothers me. how come the govt can make places no smoking, and ban abortions, all in the eye of public safety. but people can drive a car 65 mph, while talking on cell phone? or you can drive a motorcycle mph, WITHOUT a helmet? isn't this stuff kind of unsafe?[/quote]
So when did the goverment ban abortion? Helmet laws are a state issue and some have helmet laws and some don't.

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[quote=Luxorreb;319373]I hope he heals and plays in the NFL again. He is too young to retire on a mediocre career. Best Wishes to Lavar and his family and WARPATH I"ll take the PRO BOWL jersey![/quote]

I don't believe we'll ever see him on the field again. EVen before this accident, his career was about over. This will pretty much ensure it.

I hope he can find something worthwhile to do as a career after football because he's a better person than he is a football player.

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[quote=Mc2guy;319467]Fair enough, but making the "most sense" by your definition is a subjective issue. What makes "sense" to you may not to others, so keep that in mind. I don't think commuting to work by yourself in a giant gas guzzling SUV makes any "sense" but a lot of other people seem to disagree with me, so I'll chalk that up to differing sensibilities. That's what makes this country great, the personal freedom to make choices that others can't understand.

BTW I am not poking at your logic, but it is my experience that people who "don't get" riding a motorcycle will never understand. It's like the old WP radio ads..."if you don't get it, you don't get it." No amount of explanation is going to make you understand why people ride... it's in your genes or it isn't. Don't just call it unsmart because you don't understand it. I believe it is dumb to live your life concentrating on how not to die so you can end up crusty and old with limited life experiences.

Under your thread of logic any behavior that isn't the safest possible alternative is "dumb". In that case I want to see you start calling every single footballer we so vigorously cheer for dumb, because they are doing something risky.[/quote]

You make a good argument. When making any decision, you weigh risks vs rewards. I see the risks associated with riding a bike as significant, and I think you recognize the risks as well. Where we differ is the reward. I perceive no reward from riding a bike because I see cars/motorbikes as strictly a means of transportation and not at all a joy, but you get a big kick out of bikes. So you're right, definitely chalk that up to differences between us and so I have to admit you are right on that one: to each his own.

With football, I'd perceive the reward (millions of dollars) to be well worth the risks (aches, pains, trouble walking later in life, and a tiny risk of paralysis).

So in the end, I'll retract. I can't call riding motorcycles "dumb" as a general blanket statement. But I will say that, as in Lavar's case, if you have kids and a spouse depending upon you for livelihood, then riding a motorcycle would be considered selfish and a poor decision for their sake.

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[quote=Schneed10;319482]You make a good argument. When making any decision, you weigh risks vs rewards. I see the risks associated with riding a bike as significant, and I think you recognize the risks as well. Where we differ is the reward. I perceive no reward from riding a bike because I see cars/motorbikes as strictly a means of transportation and not at all a joy, but you get a big kick out of bikes. So you're right, definitely chalk that up to differences between us and so I have to admit you are right on that one: to each his own.

With football, I'd perceive the reward (millions of dollars) to be well worth the risks (aches, pains, trouble walking later in life, and a tiny risk of paralysis).

So in the end, I'll retract. I can't call riding motorcycles "dumb" as a general blanket statement. But I will say that, as in Lavar's case, if you have kids and a spouse depending upon you for livelihood, then riding a motorcycle would be considered selfish and a poor decision for their sake.[/quote]


Agreed. Now that I am off my soapbox I'll let you in on a little secret. Upon learning of my wife's pregnancy, I quit riding and sold my bike. I won't be riding until our son is at least in college. The risk of not being able to be a father to him was much greater than the personal reward I recieve from riding. Others will have a different opinion.

I can only hope that Lavar was wise with the money he made and is financially prepared for life after football. Frankly, with his personality, I think he could transition well to broadcasting with a little practice.

I wish him a speedy recovery.

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[quote=Mc2guy;319487]Agreed. Now that I am off my soapbox I'll let you in on a little secret. Upon learning of my wife's pregnancy, I quit riding and sold my bike. I won't be riding until our son is at least in college. The risk of not being able to be a father to him was much greater than the personal reward I recieve from riding. Others will have a different opinion.

I can only hope that Lavar was wise with the money he made and is financially prepared for life after football. Frankly, with his personality, I think he could transition well to broadcasting with a little practice.

I wish him a speedy recovery.[/quote]

I admire that sacrifice you made to ensure you'd be there for your child. I'd definitely call that being a good dad.

As for Lavar, I do hope he gets better, which it sounds like he will. He's lucky, he can still be around to be a good father to his young'ns. Hopefully he thinks twice about heading out on the motorbike in the future, for their sake.

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[quote=firstdown;319476]So when did the goverment ban abortion? Helmet laws are a state issue and some have helmet laws and some don't.[/quote]
back in the 70's?

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[quote=firstdown;319474]I think more improtant its dumb because he now has children to raise and they need their father.[/quote]


And the people that die in CAR wrecks, bicycle deaths or just walking down the street, that happen to be parents, are different for what reason?

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[QUOTE=Schneed10;319494]I admire that sacrifice you made to ensure you'd be there for your child. I'd definitely call that being a good dad.

As for Lavar, I do hope he gets better, which it sounds like he will. He's lucky, he can still be around to be a good father to his young'ns. Hopefully he thinks twice about heading out on the motorbike in the future, for their sake.[/QUOTE]

Well, heading out on a motorbike is fine...but how about get a license first? At least he was smart enough to wear a helmet.

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[quote=dmek25;319394]there is one thing that really bothers me. how come the govt can make places no smoking, and ban abortions, all in the eye of public safety. but people can drive a car 65 mph, while talking on cell phone? or you can drive a motorcycle mph, WITHOUT a helmet? isn't this stuff kind of unsafe?[/quote]

Calm down Karl Marx. The last thing we need are more government imposed restrictions....

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[QUOTE=Grim21Reaper;319560]Calm down Karl Marx. The last thing we need are more government imposed restrictions....[/QUOTE]

amen!!!

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Give the guy a break. He was the best thing to happen to the Redskins in the last ten years. I know this sound crazy, but I fantasized that he would come back and play for the Skins. I hope the best for him, and I hope he finds a way back on the field.

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[QUOTE=T.O.Killa;319576]Give the guy a break. He was the best thing to happen to the Redskins in the last ten years. I know this sound crazy, but I fantasized that he would come back and play for the Skins. I hope the best for him, and I hope he finds a way back on the field.[/QUOTE]

I mean I wish him a healthy recovery, but "the best thing to happen to the Redskins in the last ten years"

Seriously? You're kidding right?

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[quote=Grim21Reaper;319560]Calm down Karl Marx. [/quote]

Laugh out Loud. This made my night.

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[QUOTE=T.O.Killa;319576]Give the guy a break. He was the best thing to happen to the Redskins in the last ten years. I know this sound crazy, but I fantasized that he would come back and play for the Skins. I hope the best for him, and I hope he finds a way back on the field.[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't call him the "best thing", but he was good for the Skins, and I think we all forget that.

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[QUOTE=dmek25;319539]back in the 70's?[/QUOTE]

Last time I checked abortion (except for partial birth abortion) is legal. Roe vs Wade legalized abortion and now all the debate is about overturning that ruling. Its on the news and in the paper about every-other day.

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[quote=dmek25;319539]back in the 70's?[/quote]

dmek, whatchu talkin bout, Willis?

You are aware that abortions are legal in the US, right?

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Why would a guy who just got cut due to injuries be riding around on a crotch rocket before he got signed for 2007?

MORON!

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[QUOTE=JDALY27;319803]Why would a guy who just got cut due to injuries be riding around on a crotch rocket before he got signed for 2007?

MORON![/QUOTE]

I think LA was beginning the process of putting football behind him and starting the rest of his life. He was out in Bowie on a business trip concerning the sports bar he is opening. Deep down I think LA knew his football career is over but this accident crystalizes that fact in his mind.

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It's sad that his career has fizzled out the way it has due to injury. I guess we'll never know what he could have become.

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too worried about Lavar the businessman, instead of Lavar the athlete

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72;319832]It's sad that his career has fizzled out the way it has due to injury. I guess we'll never know what he could have become.[/QUOTE]

I agree that its sad LA's career has fizzled due to injury. I do however think we know exactly what he could have become because he was in the league long enough to become it. LA was a good LB that never lived up to his potential.

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[quote=irish;319849]I agree that its sad LA's career has fizzled due to injury. I do however think we know exactly what he could have become because he was in the league long enough to become it. LA was a good LB that never lived up to his potential.[/quote]

Probably, but then again the expectations he was tagged with coming out of college were pretty ridiculous and that wasn't his fault.

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72;319852]Probably, but then again the expectations he was tagged with coming out of college were pretty ridiculous and that wasn't his fault.[/QUOTE]

I agree, he was really hyped up and that's totally out of his control but he did have monster talent that I dont think he maximized. IMO his talent was so huge that he could always overcome mental mistakes or sort of ignore coaching (not really ignore but I cant think of the word I want) with this talent but in the NFL the talent gap is so thin he couldnt get away with that anymore.