Caleb Martin undergoes surgery

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Brett Friedlander of the Wilmington Star News is reporting that Incoming Wolfpack freshman Caleb Martin undergoes surgery.

Caleb Martin is the higher rated of the twin 6-foot-6 swingmen that will join the N.C. State basketball team next season. But after undergoing surgery to repair a foot injury this weekend, he’ll spend the rest of the summer playing catchup to his brother Cody.

The four-star incoming freshman suffered the injury prior to his arrival on campus. He is expected to be sidelined for 8-12 weeks after a procedure designed to heal a fracture in the fifth metatarsal of his right foot.

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  • 06/29/2014 at 4:18 PM #53084
    1.21 Jigawatts
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    Let’s keep this summertime news of basketball going… Brett Friedlander of the Wilmington Star News is reporting that Incoming Wolfpack freshman Cale
    [See the full post at: Caleb Martin undergoes surgery]

    06/29/2014 at 7:38 PM #53086
    Adventuroo
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    Hope he progresses and heals well….what is it about FOOT injuries and NCSU?

    06/29/2014 at 8:24 PM #53088
    choppack1
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    I read that this is his 3rd foot surgery. Hopefully it will go well.

    06/29/2014 at 11:02 PM #53091
    PackerInRussia
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    ^ Wow, I didn’t even know he had 3 feet.

    06/30/2014 at 9:50 AM #53093
    nav
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    ^Well, if I can have 3 legs, suppose he can have 3 feet.

    06/30/2014 at 10:41 AM #53095
    StateRed44
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    This injury happened prior to him landing here, and all this time I’ve heard these poor young men receive zero for playing basketball in college.

    06/30/2014 at 12:57 PM #53104
    freshmanin83
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    Maybe they should form a union and demand their rights or something like that.

    06/30/2014 at 12:59 PM #53106
    nav
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    Can someone enlighten me on how medical expenses work in college for an athlete? Do all scholarship players, all sports receive free medical care?

    06/30/2014 at 1:14 PM #53108
    pakfanistan
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    It’s really only our twisted notion of amateurism that stops players from being paid.

    Nobody wants to see amateurs play sports.

    06/30/2014 at 2:06 PM #53111
    StateRed44
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    pakfanistan wrote:

    It’s really only our twisted notion of amateurism that stops players from being paid.

    Nobody wants to see amateurs play sports.

    I do. Believe you are on the wrong side of this issue as well. 0/2!

    06/30/2014 at 2:12 PM #53112
    pakfanistan
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    StateRed44 wrote:

    I do. Believe you are on the wrong side of this issue as well. 0/2!

    I assume you seek out church rec leagues to attend, and often request to have them broadcast on TV?

    There’s a vast difference between what the average person would consider an amateur, and a D1 athlete.

    06/30/2014 at 2:17 PM #53113
    StateRed44
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    pakfanistan wrote:

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>StateRed44 wrote:</div>
    I do. Believe you are on the wrong side of this issue as well. 0/2!

    I assume you seek out church rec leagues to attend, and often request to have them broadcast on TV?

    There’s a vast difference between what the average person would consider an amateur, and a D1 athlete.

    No, I prefer High School and college sports.

    06/30/2014 at 2:29 PM #53116
    pakfanistan
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    StateRed44 wrote:

    No, I prefer High School and college sports.

    Heck, there’s a huge difference between high school and college athletes.

    There are 351 D1 basketball programs with 13(?) scholarship players each.

    That’s about 4600 scholarship athletes.

    There are about 18,000 high school basketball teams. If you assume 13 players per team, that’s about 230,000 basketball players, I’ve seen estimates as high as 500,000.

    So, worst case, a college athlete (in basketball) is in the top 2% of high school basketball players. That’s the creme dela creme. Those guys (and girls) aren’t amateurs.

    06/30/2014 at 2:37 PM #53118
    StateRed44
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    Well, aren’t they claiming they need money? Wouldn’t a professional just get a better job?

    06/30/2014 at 2:55 PM #53119
    pakfanistan
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    StateRed44 wrote:

    Well, aren’t they claiming they need money? Wouldn’t a professional just get a better job?

    My understanding is the NBA CBA precludes this. In this country, kids aren’t even eligible for the draft until one year removed from college.

    The NCAA and other companies are making a ton of money off of these athletes, way more than the value of a college education. The NCAA brings in nearly a billion dollars a year. For a ‘non-profit’ that’s ridiculous. I can’t see any reason not to spread some of that money out to the people who are at the core of the business. Otherwise, you just wind up with stuff like what’s happening at UNC. Because whether we like to admit it or not, what they’ve done isn’t unusual. The offensive part is their high and mighty attitude that they’re somehow cleaner and better than other programs when really, they’re the same.

    07/01/2014 at 10:33 AM #53160
    VaWolf82
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    I can’t see any reason not to spread some of that money out to the people who are at the core of the business. Otherwise, you just wind up with stuff like what’s happening at UNC.

    Your if-then isn’t realistic. No matter how much colleges “pay” each athlete, the top athletes are always going to be worth more. So even if the athletes were being paid significant amounts of money, there would always be agents looking to secure potential first-round draft picks as clients.

    As for not seeing any reason to pay..that just means that you haven’t looked at the available info on athletic dept finances (beyond ND, Texas, etc). Football and men’s basketball make money. Everyone else is red ink (with women’s basketball being the worst offender). So the bottom line will always come down to which sports are you going to eliminate (while staying Title IX compliant) to fund your athlete’s payroll?

    07/01/2014 at 10:44 AM #53161
    pakfanistan
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    I was looking at it more from the perspective of allowing athletes to profit from the use of their likeness. I didn’t express that very well.

    07/03/2014 at 4:02 PM #53271
    FergusWolf
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    wouldn’t it be more appropriate to use…

    “I want my five dollars!” – Abraham Lincoln

    That’s funnier now, isn’t it?

    07/04/2014 at 5:57 PM #53288
    HeyImTwisted
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    Saw this on some ESPN comments about Calebs foot. Made me chuckle.ESPN

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