In the old days if you played in more than 30% of your games you couldn't red shirt. Paige has played in 6 of 31 scheduled games, so under previous rules she could. I don't know if the rules have been updated.
There is no reason for her to redshirt. That would give her a 6th year of eligibility. She gets WNBA eligibility after her 3rd.
I find these other doctors chiming in when they don't know diddly squat unseemly. They might as well put a placard on their chests saying "Ortho Surgeon For Hire" and wander the streets of Manhattan or Boston or wherever.New article, new doctor's opinion.
Dr. Andreas Gomoll, an orthopedic surgeon in sports medicine at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, said recovery time likely depends on the severity of the injury. Gomoll, who is viewing Bueckers’ case from a distance and has not seen X-rays, said both the meniscus tear and the plateau fracture can run “the whole gamut.”
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Gomoll said a more severe meniscus surgery would require stitches while the more serious plateau fracture repair might require a screw or implant.
If that’s the case for either, 8 weeks may be at the low end of the recovery timeline.
“Mixing those two scenarios with the information we have … it could be eight weeks,” Gomoll said. “But if this is ‘real surgery’ — something that needs some time to heal — then eight weeks is quite optimistic.
“So if this is something where we are waiting for something to heal — if the meniscus has stitches or there’s a screw — that automatically means that she will be on crutches for a few weeks. So anywhere between two and four weeks on crutches. And generally in a brace for four to six weeks. That’s sort of a pretty routine thing if there’s something where we are trying to get two things to heal together rather than just sort of trimming something out.”
When will Paige Bueckers return to the court for UConn? Two months ‘best case scenario’
UConn said in a statement that Paige Bueckers will be out eight weeks after surgery on...www.ctinsider.com
Press keeps soliciting these 'consultations'
Docs don't have to indulge them.Press keeps soliciting these 'consultations'
My guess is they will have to change the protocols if they want to have a season. This will be true for all sports.Omnicon will overwhelm, but with cold like symptoms, it's ridiculous to wait a week. No one will be able to field a team.
Why shouldn't the doctor be able to give their professional opinion? It's just someone explaining their experience with that type of surgery and the typical recovery time and how it might be affected.
Lacking patient specific testing they cannot offer an opinion. They are free to say the kind of information you mention. I just think it is unseemly. It certain does not provide diagnostic info specific to Paige.
I guessed she would probably need surgery too. Holly or "Holy" as you call her, just guessed. Neither her nor I know squat-o-la.
Nah Holly had the scoop. There was no need to guess when she could just ask Geno.
