Incredibly sad story. But I guess we all had to know something like this would eventually happen with all the games, tight schedules and the constant travel in pro sports. Think of all the flights...NHL 41 +playoffs, NBA 41 +playoffs, MLB 81+playoffs and 10 +playoffs in the NFL. That's well over 5200 flights a year in ONE year just in the US and how many crashes? I really dont know, has there been any in pro sports before this one? I know college has had some....Iowa State, Evansville and of course Marshall come to mind but the reality of it is that they are beating the odds and have been doing it for a long time. Myself, I hate flying....always have, always will and am grateful I was never good enough to play pro sports.