[oldalum]

 The time demands on the student athletes should be LESS not more.

YES!!
One thing I've learned from the "Day in the Life" videos of Stanford athletes is how little, outside of classrooms, they are even in the presence of non-athlete students. Teammates seem to live together after freshman year, they eat together in the special athletic dining place, they do their training/therapy/team practice/traveling together, and they often take classes together. And they often spend at least parts of summers on campus together taking classes and training. The conventional wisdom is that, between (1) a varsity sport (2) academics and (3) a social life, they have time for only two out of three. That is not the full college experience.
(and maybe the non-athletes would benefit from the better food provided to the athletes)

[oldalum]

 The time demands on the student athletes should be LESS not more.

YES!!
One thing I've learned from the "Day in the Life" videos of Stanford athletes is how little, outside of classrooms, they are even in the presence of non-athlete students. Teammates seem to live together after freshman year, they eat together in the special athletic dining place, they do their training/therapy/team practice/traveling together, and they often take classes together. And they often spend at least parts of summers on campus together taking classes and training. The conventional wisdom is that, between (1) a varsity sport (2) academics and (3) a social life, they have time for only two out of three. That is not the full college experience.
(and maybe the non-athletes would benefit from the better food provided to the athletes)