Interesting stuff, but seems more like a mystery organ. You take something that big out of the body and you have to wonder what the resulting effect will be. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spleen
Didn't Volek have his removed after the Buffalo game a few years ago? Erectile dysfunction has been proven linked to the absence of a spleen in certain test studies. So much for Billy sleeping with Fishers ex wife.
Apparantely, people who have had their spleens removed, have had perfectly healthy lives...don't trust ESPN...
If I recall correctly, Volek didn't have his removed. They just operated on him to stitch the laceration up.