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ESPN reporter Mark Fainaru-Wada, one of the authors of "Game of Shadows" about Barry Bonds and the steroid scandal, will have a report about Ereck Plancher's death on "Outside the Lines" Sunday morning.

Here's the full text of ESPN's news release promoting the show:

Sunday's Outside the Lines (9 a.m. ET ESPN, noon ESPNEWS) will examine the death of Ereck Plancher, a seemingly healthy and fit University of Central Florida football player who died shortly after collapsing during a March 18 workout.  For the first time, a player who came to Plancher's aid gives a detailed, on-camera account of what transpired at that workout. The player, whose identity will be revealed during the show, told reporter Mark Fainaru-Wada that Plancher struggled severely at the end of the workout, and coaches and trainers were slow to respond.  A second player gave a similar account off-camera.  The university has called the incident a tragedy, and insists coaches and trainers handled the situation properly.  Plancher’s parents have since notified the school that they plan to sue, claiming their son died "as a direct and proximate result of University of Central Florida's negligence."

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I hope that this will finally reveal the truth about the cover-up by UCF and O'Leary.  It is a shame that the Sentinel could not get it done, but this should be able to get things done.

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that will be an ugly bit of national exposure for the knights.

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that will be an ugly bit of national exposure for the knights.

I have to be honest, the first thing I thought of when I read those words this morning was our game last night ....  :-[

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these kids need better physicals

coaches need to be paid less 

and money needs to be spent on better diagostic testing

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In an interview to air Sunday on ESPN's "Outside the Lines," a former University of Central Florida football player speaks publicly for the first time about the March 18, 2008, workout at which a teammate collapsed and died.

Former Central Florida running back James Jamison says during his interview with OTL that Ereck Plancher, a redshirt freshman wide receiver, struggled at the workout and that coaches have understated the difficulty of the drills.

Plancher was pronounced dead about one hour after the offseason conditioning session, led by coach George O'Leary, had finished.

Jamison said during the interview that he believes "they ran a player to death."

"Every step he [Plancher] took, he was about to fall over .. He was just, literally like everybody was looking at him ... pushing his body like past his limit ... " Jamison said.

"Coach is like, 'That's a bunch of BS, son,' like, 'I expect better from you,' just dogging him ... I'm thinking, 'Why you, why you getting on him? Everybody's tired. Like, look around you,' " Jamison said.

The full report will be aired at 9 a.m. Sunday on ESPN's "Outside the Lines" and on ESPN.com.

O'Leary has said in past reports that the workout was not taxing, and UCF insists coaches and trainers handled the situation properly.

However, ESPN's Mark Fainaru-Wada reports that according to Plancher's high school football coach, Plancher had found the training sessions difficult and passed out at one before.

According to a report Friday in the Orlando Sentinel, family members said Plancher had collapsed twice after workouts in the months before he died.

Plancher's parents have notified the school of their intent to sue Central Florida.

"In regards to the information that Ereck collapsed two times [before March 18], we were completely unaware of that. As far as we knew, those incidents didn't happen," Central Florida spokesman Grant Heston said, when contacted by ESPN.

"As soon as it was known that Ereck was in distress [at the March 18 workout], coaches and trainers reacted quickly. It's frustrating to us that the lawsuit limits what we can and can't say on these matters, but that's how it is," Heston said.

A request was made to speak to O'Leary about the OTL report, but the request has yet to be acted upon.

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If anyone has time check out the ESPN outside the lines show today at 9am ET. The show will cover the situation surrounding the death of Ereck Plancher (UCF Player). This should expose George Ol'iar for what he really is.

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Saw some of it.  Lawsuit is main point of this story.

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Yeah I got that Tivo'd I'm curious to see if they have grounds to sue.  FSU was sued successfully for 2 mil when this happened to them.

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