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Message: [QUOTE="Sproj, post: 3575322, member: 8423"] Bulldogs General Manager of Football Phil Gould has revealed that it would have been a "catastrophic" situation if [URL='https://www.zerotackle.com/players/karl-oloapu/']Karl Oloapu[/URL] didn't realise he had neck pains. Pinned as the club's next big thing, the injury to Oloapu has allowed the Bulldogs to discover that the youngster had a serious spine condition before sustaining the injury to his neck. The [I]Herald [/I]has disclosed he faced significant risk playing with a condition he was born with and it is understood that when he flexes his neck and looks down, it actually presses on his spinal cord, causing damage. This means he could need cervical fusion surgery. “At the moment, we're just gathering medical opinions,” Gould said via the publication[I].[/I] “I've got a couple of opinions; Karl wants a third opinion. I think he's very, very lucky that something catastrophic didn't happen with a condition that he's got.” The [I]Herald[/I] has revealed that if Oloapu is forced into medical retirement, the Bulldogs will face a $1 million-plus payout from the [URL='https://www.zerotackle.com/']NRL[/URL]. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.zerotackle.com/update-on-karl-oloapus-season-ending-injury-164780/[/URL] This does not sound good for the kid, sounds like he will be lucky to play again. [/QUOTE]

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