It’s been almost two months to the day that nine-year NFL veteran Arian Foster hung up the cleats for good at the age of 30. Foster, a four-time Pro Bowler, made the decision to retire due to his inability to withstand another rehab, even for a minor injury. Before his retirement in October, Foster had no played a full 16-game season since 2012.
Foster is now transitioning into a life that hasn’t been defined primarily by football for the first time in his life. He made news for the first time since his retirement by getting in a heated scuffle with a bunch of piss ant college kids outside a hotdog stand in Houston this weekend.
Via TMZ:
Arian Foster — along with his brother and father — was involved in a heated standoff at a hot dog stand in Houston this weekend … and it all started with shoe smack talk.
TMZ Sports has footage of Arian, his brother Abdul and father Carl at Yoyo’s Hot Dog around 3 AM on Sunday … and at first, it seems the ex-NFL star is having fun with some local college kids. Foster says the other man’s shoes are “awful.”
But things quickly took a turn — witnesses tell us the college students felt Arian took the insults too far, so they began shouting back at him. Someone shouted at Arian, “You’re not even relevant anymore, n***a.”
Abdul was pissed — and tried to confront the insult hurler (who we’re told is black). Adbul then got physical with 2 people and that’s when Arian and Carl rushed in to break the whole thing up.
At one point, Arian says to one of the students, “F**k you, n***a.”
Witnesses told us someone threw a hot dog in the melee … but it was broken up before things escalated into a brawl and everyone left when someone threatened to call police.
We reached out to Arian’s camp — they had no comment.
In my opinion, Foster and fam showed honorable restraint, given the situation. That little fuck stick in the jean jacket deserved a hospital trip after pushing Arian’s brother. Ninety percent of the NFL would have flattened that string bean so props to Arian for not making him eat out of a straw.
[h/t TMZ]