As unmasked, party-going students flood college towns, Greg Sankey received what four months ago would have been a most peculiar question from one of his athletes in the SEC. In the world of COVID-19, no question seems too bizarre, even this one.
Why must we invite students back to campus?
“That’s what we do in higher education,” the SEC commissioner told the athlete in a recent conversation.
But for some, maybe that’s changing.
A daunting question that has lurched over college athletics for months—what will happen when students return?—is moving closer to being answered.