...of a pandemic and risking their lives because the visits is so insanely deadly, FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!"

Absolutely nothing? Tuition costs aside (because many don't care about school or tuition costs), they're getting to live their dream, and realize what they've been working/paying for every day of their lives since they were ten years old.

The media doesn't care what the athletes want, and will pretend to know what's better for the athletes than the athletes do. And the media will just keep pushing their liberal agendas, at least until the election.