What question?

The commissioner stated he thought students would be safer at school (presumably than at home). He cited the first rate academic medical centers that are affiliated with PAC-12 schools as the primary reason, if I read correctly.

But that’s almost certainly nonsense. Dormitory living is definitely more dangerous for contracting/spreading SARS-CoV-2 than is life at home with social distancing measures. Access to major academic medical centers is a nice thing to have - something many of their students have from their home residence - but isn’t likely to matter much.

It’s reasonable to note that kids that age do very well on average, and almost everyone with a bad outcome under the age of 25 has had serious preexisting vulnerability. It’s also reasonable to debate the harms of not reopening universities relative to the low health risks for the kids themselves.

But it’s not reasonable to ignore that the students interact with others, and those others then with still others. And spread can be facilitated beyond the walls of a dorm.

It’s also ridiculous to say that kids are actually safer on campus. They’re safer at home, not living in tight quarters with a few hundred others, drinking together and losing inhibition. Maybe those risks are worth taking, particularly if COVID prevalence is quite low in August, but we (conference and school officials) should be direct about it and avoid speaking nonsensically.

Cash