diff --git a/helpers.php b/helpers.php
index cc58b06c..7aebc6e7 100644
--- a/helpers.php
+++ b/helpers.php
@@ -65,14 +65,13 @@ if ( ! function_exists( 'sp_dropdown_taxonomies' ) ) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-if ( ! function_exists( 'sp_unserialized_posts' ) ) {
-	function sp_unserialized_posts( $post_id = null, $meta = 'posts', $before = '', $sep = ',', $after = '' ) {
+if ( ! function_exists( 'sp_the_posts' ) ) {
+	function sp_the_posts( $post_id = null, $meta = 'post', $before = '', $sep = ',', $after = '' ) {
 		echo $before;
 		if ( ! isset( $post_id ) )
 			global $post_id;
-		$posts = get_post_meta( $post_id, $meta, true );
+		$posts = get_post_meta( $post_id, $meta, false );
 		if ( isset( $posts ) && $posts ):
-			$posts = (array)unserialize( $posts );
 			foreach ( $posts as $post ):
 				$parents = get_post_ancestors( $post );
 				$parents = array_combine( array_keys( $parents ), array_reverse( array_values( $parents ) ) );
diff --git a/player.php b/player.php
index eecc3c85..a821528b 100644
--- a/player.php
+++ b/player.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function sp_player_custom_columns( $column, $post_id ) {
 					echo '—';
 				break;
 			case 'sp_team':
-				sp_unserialized_posts( $post_id, 'sp_teams', '', '<br />' );
+				sp_the_posts( $post_id, 'sp_team', '', '<br />' );
 				break;
 			case 'sp_league':
 				if ( get_the_terms ( $post_id, 'sp_league' ) )