Javon Walker found Unconcious, Robbed in streets of Las Vegas

[That Guy]

well, wearing 100,000$ in jewelery isn't very smart. not saying he deserved it though.

[#56fanatic]

I was just in vegas last week, and at no time does that place slow down. there are always crowds of people no matter what time. I was out every night unitl 4 or 5 and one night until 7 in the morning. The streets are always crowded with people. there is more to this story, and we may not find out.

Athletes have to understand this. They are targets because of the money they have. They are stupid to walk around with $100k of jewelry wrapped around them, and walk around alone. He was only carrying $3k in cash, that isn't a ton of money to carry in vegas, but you could get robbed for $100 bucks. I still want to know where he was when he was found. My guess is that he was in one of the shady parts at a strip club (imagine that!) and got jumped. I dont know of any clubs on the strip that would allow someone to shower the place with Dom.

Basically, these guys have to be smarter than what they are acting.

[jdlea]

Walker Out of Hospital

Looks like he was released

[Ade Jimoh Fan Club]

Bottomline is that Javon is well within his right to go partying until 6AM and act like an idiot spraying champagne wearing $100K in bling and not change his behavior based on what happened recently to his friend.........and I am well within my right to not feel one bit sorry for what happened to him.

I'm not saying he had it coming at all. But there's a reason normal people don't fan $100 bills while riding on the Metro... if you do, you're going to get jumped.

Javon's story this morning is that he was in his hotel room (probably knitting a sweater and answering fan mail) when he got jumped, robbed and then the robbers dumped his body outside in the alley. Yeah...uh huh. No video coverage in Vegas of this? Right....

My spider sense tells me this is not a random act. It also tells me it could have been avoided.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Ade Jimoh Fan Club

Bottomline is that Javon is well within his right to go partying until 6AM and act like an idiot spraying champagne wearing $100K in bling and not change his behavior based on what happened recently to his friend.........and I am well within my right to not feel one bit sorry for what happened to him.

I'm not saying he had it coming at all. But there's a reason normal people don't fan $100 bills while riding on the Metro... if you do, you're going to get jumped.

Javon's story this morning is that he was in his hotel room (probably knitting a sweater and answering fan mail) when he got jumped, robbed and then the robbers dumped his body outside in the alley. Yeah...uh huh. No video coverage in Vegas of this? Right....

My spider sense tells me this is not a random act. It also tells me it could have been avoided.

Great post. I was going to go on a rant myself, but you said it perfectly. I couldn't agree more. And it's not like he's some newly rich rookie. He's pushing 30, and after witnessing Darrent Williams' death, I'm stunned he'd put himself in that situation. Apparently having an IQ over 75 isn't a requirement in the NFL.

[Jamaican'Skin]

Originally Posted by Ade Jimoh Fan Club

Bottomline is that Javon is well within his right to go partying until 6AM and act like an idiot spraying champagne wearing $100K in bling and not change his behavior based on what happened recently to his friend.........and I am well within my right to not feel one bit sorry for what happened to him.

I'm not saying he had it coming at all. But there's a reason normal people don't fan $100 bills while riding on the Metro... if you do, you're going to get jumped.

Javon's story this morning is that he was in his hotel room (probably knitting a sweater and answering fan mail) when he got jumped, robbed and then the robbers dumped his body outside in the alley. Yeah...uh huh. No video coverage in Vegas of this? Right....

My spider sense tells me this is not a random act. It also tells me it could have been avoided.

Its because normal people don't have $100 dollar bills to throw away.

Look, I believe everyone is entitled to a good time as long as it doesn't break any laws, or hurts anyone. The guy went to Vegas. Not to sit on his ass in a hotel room and watch TV, but to go out and have fun. If this is his way of doing so, then so be it.

You are allowed to go out to clubs and do as you please without anyone harassing you because you aren't a target, a guy like him is. Does that take away from his right to spend money as he wishes and spray the crowd with Dom P? No.

Finally, I went to school in DC where shootings occurred at clubs on more than one occasion. Did that stop me from going out? No.

I think y'all are being to hard on the guy. Athletes go out to clubs and bars all the time, and incidents don't occur. J. Walk was unlucky, and I think its unecessary for you guys to say that these guys should stay home or stay away from dangerous places (where isn't dangerous nowadays?) so stuff like this won't happen

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Jamaican'Skin

Its because normal people don't have $100 dollar bills to throw away.

Look, I believe everyone is entitled to a good time as long as it doesn't break any laws, or hurts anyone. The guy went to Vegas. Not to sit on his ass in a hotel room and watch TV, but to go out and have fun. If this is his way of doing so, then so be it.

You are allowed to go out to clubs and do as you please without anyone harassing you because you aren't a target, a guy like him is. Does that take away from his right to spend money as he wishes and spray the crowd with Dom P? No.

Finally, I went to school in DC where shootings occurred at clubs on more than one occasion. Did that stop me from going out? No.

I think y'all are being to hard on the guy. Athletes go out to clubs and bars all the time, and incidents don't occur. J. Walk was unlucky, and I think its unecessary for you guys to say that these guys should stay home or stay away from dangerous places (where isn't dangerous nowadays?) so stuff like this won't happen

Let me ask you this. If you owned an NFL team would you invest 27- 30 mil. over 3 years on Javon Walker? I'm not saying you have to stay home. But I'm not investing in a guy that can't stay away from the nightclub scene.

[jdlea]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Let me ask you this. If you owned an NFL team would you invest 27- 30 mil. over 3 years on Javon Walker? I'm not saying you have to stay home. But I'm not investing in a guy that can't stay away from the nightclub scene.

I think that's missing the point of this debate, though. Some people are acting as if Walker deserved this or brought it on himself. That's the debate.

To answer your question: No way in hell. I would be pretty pissed if I was the Raiders, but (as a fan) I still feel sorry for the guy and don't think he deserved it. Also, I don't know that I would have spent that kind of money on him in the first place...

[Jamaican'Skin]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Let me ask you this. If you owned an NFL team would you invest 27- 30 mil. over 3 years on Javon Walker? I'm not saying you have to stay home. But I'm not investing in a guy that can't stay away from the nightclub scene.

If I was an NFL owner, I wouldn't value J Walk at as much as the Raiders paid him. It has nothing to do with this incident, but rather the guy's production. Reports are saying that he should be good for the start of training camp, so no hurt, no foul to the Raiders. Walker is still the victim