[teejers1]

Exactly what is the benefit of  a 6 game season with no one the stadiums?

It brings revenue to the athletic department.  But it also makes clear that student-athlete well-being is a fiction.

BC

Is student-athlete desire to play part of your "student-athlete well being" calculus?
Is having a college sports program for minor sports part of the "student-athlete well being" calculus?

People are assuming there are long-term ill-effects for getting Covid, but we don't know that - certainly for college athletes.  The once-in-a-blue moon anecdote is not persuasive (let alone representative).  There are more freak injuries and even deaths in football during "regular" times; thus, unless you're saying "playing football at all puts the students' well-being at risk," then I think you're oversimplifying things.

[teejers1]

Exactly what is the benefit of  a 6 game season with no one the stadiums?

It brings revenue to the athletic department.  But it also makes clear that student-athlete well-being is a fiction.

BC

Is student-athlete desire to play part of your "student-athlete well being" calculus?
Is having a college sports program for minor sports part of the "student-athlete well being" calculus?

People are assuming there are long-term ill-effects for getting Covid, but we don't know that - certainly for college athletes.  The once-in-a-blue moon anecdote is not persuasive (let alone representative).  There are more freak injuries and even deaths in football during "regular" times; thus, unless you're saying "playing football at all puts the students' well-being at risk," then I think you're oversimplifying things.