attempt to call a table value error?

HI;

I can't seem to figure out why this code is causing an error. I use the same format in a seperate function and it works just fine.

function funMod.TeleportAllPlayersToLobby(lobbySpawnPoint)
	print(_G.PlayerData().GetPlayersInGame())
	for _, player in pairs(_G.PlayerData().GetPlayersInGame()) do
		if player.PlayingGame.Value == true then
			player.PlayingGame.Value = false
		end
		player.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = lobbySpawnPoint.CFrame + Vector3.new(0,5,0)
	end
	
	for _, player in pairs(_G.PlayerData().GetPlayersSpectating())do
		if player.PlayingGame.Value == true then
			player.PlayingGame.Value = false
		end
		player.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = lobbySpawnPoint.CFrame + Vector3.new(0,5,0)
	end
	funGUI.DevLog("# of players is " .. #_G.PlayerData().GetPlayersInLobby())
end

function funMod.TeleportAllPlayersToGame(num)
	for _, player in pairs(_G.PlayerData.GetPlayersInLobby()) do
		if (player) then
			--check to see if they are taking a break
			if player.Choices.SkipPlaying.Value ~= true then
				funMod.TeleportSinglePlayerToRoom(player, num)
				funMod.SetupPlayerCameraOnRoom(num)
				_G.PlayerData.RemovePlayerFromLobby(player)
				_G.PlayerData.RemovePlayerFromSpectators(player)
				_G.PlayerData.AddPlayerToGame(player)
			end
		else
			print"no player associated with character reference"
		end
	end
end

Line 02 exists only because the error was happening on 03 causes the error when I attempt to access a table stored as a global variable given by a function _G.PlayerData().GetPlayersInGame()

The error does not occur while using the same premise on Line 20, _G.PlayerData.GetPlayersInLobby() This code works just fine.

The function is accessing a variable in a PlayerData Server script which is accessing the following modulescript:

local funUtils = require(game.ServerScriptService.FunctionScripts.funUtils)

local funPlayerData = {}

local tblPlayersInLobby = {}
local tblPlayersInGame = {}
local tblPlayersSpectating = {}

-- -----------------------------------------------------------------

function funPlayerData.AddPlayerToLobby(player)
    table.insert(tblPlayersInLobby, #tblPlayersInLobby+1, player)
end

function funPlayerData.RemovePlayerFromLobby(player)
    funUtils.RemoveFromTable(tblPlayersInLobby, player)
end

function funPlayerData.GetPlayersInLobby()
	return tblPlayersInLobby
end

-- ------------------------------------------------------------

function funPlayerData.AddPlayerToGame(player)
    table.insert(tblPlayersInGame, #tblPlayersInGame+1, player)
end

function funPlayerData.RemovePlayerFromGame(player)
    funUtils.RemoveFromTable(tblPlayersInGame, player)
end

function funPlayerData.GetPlayersInGame()
	return tblPlayersInGame
end

-- ------------------------------------------------------------

function funPlayerData.AddPlayerToSpectators(player)
    table.insert(tblPlayersSpectating, #tblPlayersSpectating+1, player)
end

function funPlayerData.RemovePlayerFromSpectators(player)
    funUtils.RemoveFromTable(tblPlayersSpectating, player)
end

function funPlayerData.GetPlayersSpectating()
	return tblPlayersSpectating
end

-- ------------------------------------------------------------

function funPlayerData.RemovePlayerFromAll(player)
    funPlayerData.RemovePlayerFromGame(player)
    funPlayerData.RemovePlayerFromLobby(player)
    funPlayerData.RemovePlayerFromSpectators(player)
end

return funPlayerData

Thanks you for taking the time to read this.