The "Eddie Griffin" effect?

When I first read the headline "Eddie Griffin crashes rare Ferrari," I immediately thought, "Eddie Griffin is still alive?" As you may recall, the NBA's "Eddie Griffin" was arrested about a year ago for his role in an accident that is best summed up here:

Abed Hassuneh, who is the brother of the victim, said Griffin told him, "[T]hat he was masturbating himself going down that street. That's how the accident happened because he was not paying attention. He's paying attention to that video (porn on a dashboard tv) and all of a sudden he's shoveled somebody's car on the top of the sidewalk."

"Masturbating himself." That's adorable. Anyhoo, turns out it wasn't that Eddie Griffin. Instead it was the Eddie Griffin of "Undercover Brother" "fame," who--through a very liberal interpretation of the word--is considered a "comedian" in some circles. While it's ironic that both men were involved in car accidents while masturbating (just kidding undercover brother, I think), the real irony lies in the fact that Eddie Griffin the "actor" is pretty much the acting equivalent of Eddie Griffin the basketball player. Both have kind of kicked around the industry for awhile and both have consistently made horrible career choices that will eventually leave them blackballed from their respective industries. In ten years, it's likely they will flame out in equivalent manners. Eddie Griffin the "actor" will end up taking a role as a janitor in a racially charged sports movie while Eddie Griffin the former NBA player will end up taking a janitorial position and likely end up in prison for exposing himself to an elderly woman. What's in a name you say? How about fate.