Death of UCF Freshman Football Player Controversial
Legal Questions swirl around the fatal workout and precautions taken for sickle-cell trait athlete
By Lyssa Myska Allen
The facts are simple. University of Central Florida football player Ereck Plancher, a 19-year-old redshirt freshman receiver from Naples, collapsed after an offseason workout supervised by Knights Coach George O'Leary and his staff on March 18. He was transported to a nearby hospital and died about an hour later.
The death is mired in controversy because Pl