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LaVar Arrington gets cease-and-desist letter from Redskins

LaVar Arrington takes to Twitter to address cease-and-desist letter he received from Washington Redskins.

By Danielle Haynes
Former Penn State All-American Lavar Arrington gives a speech to the more than 10,000 Penn State students showing their support for the victims of a Penn State child sex abuse scandal at a peaceful gathering in front of Old Main on Penn State's campus in State College, Pennsylvania on November 11, 2011. A candlelight vigil for the alleged victims of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was held instead of a pep rally for the football game against Nebraska. Long-time head coach Joe Paterno lost his job in the wake of the allegations. UPI/Archie Carpenter
Former Penn State All-American Lavar Arrington gives a speech to the more than 10,000 Penn State students showing their support for the victims of a Penn State child sex abuse scandal at a peaceful gathering in front of Old Main on Penn State's campus in State College, Pennsylvania on November 11, 2011. A candlelight vigil for the alleged victims of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was held instead of a pep rally for the football game against Nebraska. Long-time head coach Joe Paterno lost his job in the wake of the allegations. UPI/Archie Carpenter | License Photo

WASHINGTON, May 10 (UPI) -- Former Washington Redskins linebacker LaVar Arrington received a cease-and-desist letter from his former team asking him to stop using the team's brand in his current venture.

Arrington refers to himself as a "Redskins great" and uses a photo of himself in his Redskins uniform in a flyer for his Xtreme Procision tackling camps.

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It seems like the team wasn't too happy with its branding getting tied up with Arrington's newest venture and asked him to stop.

And yet, the Redskins did name Arrington as one of the team's "80 Greatest Redskins of All-Time" in 2012.

Arrington took to Twitter on Friday to address the issue.

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Arrington then responded during his 106.7 The Fan radio show, The LaVar Arrington Show with Chad Dukes.

He said his brochure was changed to remove the offending statement and image.

"Here's the funny thing: I don't handle those things. It's a company. I respect it. I mean, it's fine. I just thought it was funny, that's all," he said.

"They won three games last year, man. It's not like saying 'Redskins great' is going to sell out my camp. I mean, if I'm using 'Redskins great,' I mean, we didn't win very many games when I was there, so I just thought I was doing them a favor. I thought we were in it together, Chad," Arrington added.

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