Why are 'student-athletes' on campus when other students aren't?

At the highest levels of college athletics, the term “student-athlete” has long been a scam. If transparency was the goal, the word “athlete” would come first with “student” behind a long line of hyphens.

Rarely has that hypocrisy been more apparent than this summer.

Most colleges have suspended in-person classes, deeming it unsafe to study, research and learn in large groups during a pandemic. Classrooms and laboratories are silent.

Yet, in the athletic facilities, the weights clank as players prepare for seasons that are in doubt.

In most cases, these workouts are labeled as voluntary. But we all know how that works: if you don’t volunteer, you probably don’t play.

In Arizona, the contrast…