[Maple Leaf]

Wow, reading that plan, what a sell-out.  Basically they will require that the student athletes all get distance learning to minimize their travel.  I presume this means they will be away from campus for days on end--perhaps a road trip for two weekends.  Shades of Stanford WBB and Covid.  They will also throw money in for nutrition, tutors, mental health, etc.  It is guilt-money.  Rather than avoid subjecting their students to this terrible idea, they will try to repair them.

Well, it is not quite the way we expected, but we finally have a university that says "being a student athlete means never having to attend class."

Very well said. How successful UCLA AD will in getting cooperation with the faculty (any faculty) will be interesting, though with the development of online courses over the years even prior to COVID is more and more common.

[Maple Leaf]

Wow, reading that plan, what a sell-out.  Basically they will require that the student athletes all get distance learning to minimize their travel.  I presume this means they will be away from campus for days on end--perhaps a road trip for two weekends.  Shades of Stanford WBB and Covid.  They will also throw money in for nutrition, tutors, mental health, etc.  It is guilt-money.  Rather than avoid subjecting their students to this terrible idea, they will try to repair them.

Well, it is not quite the way we expected, but we finally have a university that says "being a student athlete means never having to attend class."

Very well said. How successful UCLA AD will in getting cooperation with the faculty (any faculty) will be interesting, though with the development of online courses over the years even prior to COVID is more and more common.