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17-10-2004, 06:59 AM
From the Herald-Sun:
Trade deal surgery
16 October 2004 Herald Sun
Damian Barrett
THE perplexing Collingwood-Hawthorn-West Coast deal struck on trade week deadline has become even more bewildering, with revelations Bo Nixon has recently had a kidney removed.
Nixon, the Magpie who became a Hawk last week, lost the kidney, which had been functioning inadequately, during a post-season operation.
Collingwood and Hawthorn officials yesterday said Nixon's condition, which was not a football injury, was known before the deal was signed.
"They (Hawthorn) were fully aware of it," Collingwood football operations manager Neil Balme said yesterday.
Balme's Hawthorn counterpart John Hook said he expected Nixon, 20, to play next season.
"We were aware of it; it doesn't restrict him from playing," Hook said yesterday.
Nixon and national draft pick No. 7 were traded by Collingwood to Hawthorn for draft selections 10 and 37.
The latter pick was used by the Magpies to recruit Chad Morrison from West Coast.
Balme said the use of Nixon to effect the three-way trade was beneficial to the player.
"If you have a three-way deal, there have to be two players," he said.
"We looked at what they had, and they looked at what we had and they were quite interested in the young man.
"He is a terrific kid and we were pleased to be able to do that for Bo.
"We need to find room on the list and he was one of the ones in contention (to be delisted). We had said to him, 'We will try to find a home for you because we reckon you deserve it'. Otherwise he might have been delisted."
Sports medicine expert Dr Peter Larkins said Nixon, who made his debut and played three matches in 2004, would be taking a risk every time he played.
"The concern with paired organs is, when you lose one, if you get an injury to the remaining one you are in trouble and if you are in a high-collision contact sport then it can be a real problem," Larkins said.
"I guess he is prepared to take the risk that he won't have an injury to his remaining good kidney.
"The bottom line is you can survive on less than a half of one kidney."
Geelong and Collingwood greats Sam Newman and Peter McKenna were able to play high-level football after having kidneys removed.
Trade deal surgery
16 October 2004 Herald Sun
Damian Barrett
THE perplexing Collingwood-Hawthorn-West Coast deal struck on trade week deadline has become even more bewildering, with revelations Bo Nixon has recently had a kidney removed.
Nixon, the Magpie who became a Hawk last week, lost the kidney, which had been functioning inadequately, during a post-season operation.
Collingwood and Hawthorn officials yesterday said Nixon's condition, which was not a football injury, was known before the deal was signed.
"They (Hawthorn) were fully aware of it," Collingwood football operations manager Neil Balme said yesterday.
Balme's Hawthorn counterpart John Hook said he expected Nixon, 20, to play next season.
"We were aware of it; it doesn't restrict him from playing," Hook said yesterday.
Nixon and national draft pick No. 7 were traded by Collingwood to Hawthorn for draft selections 10 and 37.
The latter pick was used by the Magpies to recruit Chad Morrison from West Coast.
Balme said the use of Nixon to effect the three-way trade was beneficial to the player.
"If you have a three-way deal, there have to be two players," he said.
"We looked at what they had, and they looked at what we had and they were quite interested in the young man.
"He is a terrific kid and we were pleased to be able to do that for Bo.
"We need to find room on the list and he was one of the ones in contention (to be delisted). We had said to him, 'We will try to find a home for you because we reckon you deserve it'. Otherwise he might have been delisted."
Sports medicine expert Dr Peter Larkins said Nixon, who made his debut and played three matches in 2004, would be taking a risk every time he played.
"The concern with paired organs is, when you lose one, if you get an injury to the remaining one you are in trouble and if you are in a high-collision contact sport then it can be a real problem," Larkins said.
"I guess he is prepared to take the risk that he won't have an injury to his remaining good kidney.
"The bottom line is you can survive on less than a half of one kidney."
Geelong and Collingwood greats Sam Newman and Peter McKenna were able to play high-level football after having kidneys removed.