AFL Player 13: Nik Cox - cleared to return! - 11/11

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2026
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 6, Rick Ross

 

[Doss]

Yeah this is rotten news. He and the club have got to just look after his health now; if that means an early retirement then so be it.

 

[jannissary]

heartbreaking to see. i hope he's able to work through it but i feel like it'll end up cut short. good luck nik.

 

[Bipolar Bear]

Look after yourself Coxy, bigger things in life my dude.

 

[Ambrosia]

Really hope he’ll have stopped early enough to not have any significant day to day issues.

 

[ant555]

Sadly it looks like it could be the end of the road.
He actually played with a bit more aggression in that Swans game which is what we needed to see but it seems it may be all for nothing.

 

[naraku]

Very sad.

 

[Runk]

Hope he retires. Has to look after himself first and the rest of his hopefully long & rich life. He's a kid ffs.

 

[BomberManU]

Doesn't sound good. If it's the end, hopefully he gets looked after by club or/and AFL, post football. Would be confronting enough dealing with these issues, but having to re-plan your immediate future due to this would also be daunting.

 

[Bipolar Bear]

Pretty proud of you bunch for having this sort of reaction xo

 

[BomberManU]

Pretty proud of you bunch for having this sort of reaction xo

Stay away from social media then, a lot of terrible comments.

 

[the PILL]

These things always make me really reflect on a young AFL players path. The desire, commitment, dedication, travel, judgment, lobbying, family and all the other factors that have to align just to get a shot at it, and for it to be so easily taken away in ones yoing career by concussion is just so cruel...

I'm hoping Nik beats it, I like many was so excited when he burst on the scene with his talent but I don't like the signs tbh and would rather he be healthy in life.

 

[Bipolar Bear]

Stay away from social media then, a lot of terrible comments.

Departed that land a long time for that very reason.

 

[ant555]

Departed that land a long time for that very reason.

Thankfully I never even got on the social media train. Furthest I went was Facebook.

 

[jmoo wan]

Thankfully I never even got on the social media train. Furthest I went was Facebook.

that’s like saying i never got into any drugs, I just injected heroin

 

[ant555]

that’s like saying i never got into any drugs, I just injected heroin

I do not accept many. My list is at 27.

 

[jmoo wan]

I do not accept many. My list is at 27.

27 heroins??? you’re crazy man!

 

[eth-dog]

I heard in the broadcast on fox that he's seeing the concussion panel. However it was Jon Ralph who said it so...

 

[Knighta21]

I heard in the broadcast on fox that he's seeing the concussion panel. However it was Jon Ralph who said it so...

Chanel 7 team also said it (X Maguire)

 

[eth-dog]

Chanel 7 team also said it (X Maguire)

Is that Eddie's son?

 

[Knighta21]

Is that Eddie's son?

Yeah

 

[bombersim]

Concussion symptoms make the above impossible. His issue will be headaches/dizziness during high intensity workouts mostly. Its always been the long term problem too. You are fine until pressure on your body hits and then you fall into a hap somewhat

Brad Sheppherd for example only works 4 hours a day because his body cant handle any more then that and his job was as a Salesman so not like it was a physical job either.

Right now id expect Cox to be doing nothing at all physical apart from very light training. He will likely come back very unprepared for AFL football and would be a rebuild from here somewhat. AFL somewhat have different rules with concussion since the Daniel Venables case. If accepted by the AFL you are allowed to keep Nik Cox as a player not he main list. He stays with the team as a inactive player for 12 months for example as he continues his rehab. Its a chance you would simply make him a inactive player for 2026, have him use the club facilities and then prepare for 2027 as a example

I agree - it was before he returned to contact anything that I posted the above. What should have happened is once the headaches had stopped, (Which I thought they had), then he could do the above. Obviously though that was not possible in this case.

Cox’s big problem in his AFL career has essentially been that he’s a stick compared to all other key position players, so the above was meant to remedy that (like Thilthorpe).

Thank you for the insight though (I am being sincere in case it doesn’t come through).

 

[craffles]

Poor guy, can’t imagine what young AFL players go through when they get delisted or have their futures altered dramatically. if this is the end for Nik hopefully our club / coterie / benefactors can help him find his feet early and get some purpose. If it’s not the end, hopefully it’s the end of the issues.

 

[Lore]

If it is the end he's young enough and smart enough to establish a career in something else, whether that's going to uni or getting a trade or something else (car salesman? realtor? ).

I'm pretty sure his sister is an international model so he comes from a family that has some idea about short-term and long-term careers, iirc from when he was drafted they're pretty close knit and will get around him.

Still sucks though. Never really found a position at AFL level to make his own, would've at least liked him to get that far.

 

[I Remember Bluey]

‘Preliminary findings’: Concussion worry could end Bomber’s career as panel prepares report

‘Given findings’: Concussion worry could end top Dons draft pick’s career as panel report looms

www.foxsports.com.au

‘Preliminary findings’: Concussion worry could end Bomber’s career as panel prepares report​

 

[div12ressie]

gutted for him, so young to be dealing with this shit