Hi Steve,
Tried this, and the crashes stop! Thanks...except all the faces have changed (it's generating new ones now?)...
To be honest, that's not a huge deal, but I wonder if there's a way to keep all the old faces (my star starter looks less intimidating w/o his beard

).
EDIT: Okay, I've moved on, especially after seeing how fast you can change the players' faces right from their profile screen...awesome. Thanks for the fix! (I still have that backup if you guys want to look at it though).