[Farm93]

from the University

To support our resumption of in-person classes, from now until Friday, Jan. 28 we are putting the following provisions in place:

• No indoor events and gatherings. Essential academic and administrative meetings and trainings can continue, but conferences, social events, religious services and other gatherings generally should be moved outdoors, moved online or rescheduled. Outdoor events will require masking and should provide for social distancing.
  
• For students, outdoor-only gatherings and meetings of student organizations will be allowed beginning Jan. 21, as previously announced. Indoor house meetings and private residential gatherings continue to be allowed, with face coverings. See this web page for the current details.
  
• As Stanford Athletics has announced, spectator attendance at indoor athletic events will be limited to student-athlete families. Spectators at outdoor athletic events will be required to mask and will be seated with social distancing.
  
• Stanford Live indoor performances are in the process of being canceled or rescheduled. More information will be available on the Stanford Live website at live.stanford.edu.
  
• Stanford recreation centers and museums will remain open, with masking and distancing, to continue to provide a baseline of activities supporting our community’s emotional and physical health.

https://healthalerts.stanford.edu/covid-...-policies/

This aligns with my general view.   
This is not about Stanford athletics or Stanford live performances.   This is about Stanford University.

If a department had to cancel classes because of COVID protocols related to several faculty and staff attending basketball games that would be problematic for the university's operations.   It would also be hard to tell families that their children can't attend classes on campus for fear of spreading COVID in the Stanford community, only to then see dozens of faculty members packed in Maples watching basketball games.

The sports in question bring in very little revenue.  With Omicron spreading so rapidly a school with a multi-billion dollar annual budget needs to do everything possible to keep that operation running.   And those steps should include things known to be effective even if the government isn't mandating those actions.

Hopefully everything will be normal-ish in February when we will get to see Tara's team battle for a #1 tournament seed, and watch the men's hoops team battle to finish 6th or 7th in the conference.

[Farm93]

from the University

To support our resumption of in-person classes, from now until Friday, Jan. 28 we are putting the following provisions in place:

• No indoor events and gatherings. Essential academic and administrative meetings and trainings can continue, but conferences, social events, religious services and other gatherings generally should be moved outdoors, moved online or rescheduled. Outdoor events will require masking and should provide for social distancing.
  
• For students, outdoor-only gatherings and meetings of student organizations will be allowed beginning Jan. 21, as previously announced. Indoor house meetings and private residential gatherings continue to be allowed, with face coverings. See this web page for the current details.
  
• As Stanford Athletics has announced, spectator attendance at indoor athletic events will be limited to student-athlete families. Spectators at outdoor athletic events will be required to mask and will be seated with social distancing.
  
• Stanford Live indoor performances are in the process of being canceled or rescheduled. More information will be available on the Stanford Live website at live.stanford.edu.
  
• Stanford recreation centers and museums will remain open, with masking and distancing, to continue to provide a baseline of activities supporting our community’s emotional and physical health.

https://healthalerts.stanford.edu/covid-...-policies/

This aligns with my general view.   
This is not about Stanford athletics or Stanford live performances.   This is about Stanford University.

If a department had to cancel classes because of COVID protocols related to several faculty and staff attending basketball games that would be problematic for the university's operations.   It would also be hard to tell families that their children can't attend classes on campus for fear of spreading COVID in the Stanford community, only to then see dozens of faculty members packed in Maples watching basketball games.

The sports in question bring in very little revenue.  With Omicron spreading so rapidly a school with a multi-billion dollar annual budget needs to do everything possible to keep that operation running.   And those steps should include things known to be effective even if the government isn't mandating those actions.

Hopefully everything will be normal-ish in February when we will get to see Tara's team battle for a #1 tournament seed, and watch the men's hoops team battle to finish 6th or 7th in the conference.