Death of UCF Freshman Football Player Controversial

Aug 15, 2008

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
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