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How College Athletics Is Bracing for Its Latest Battle With Latest Omicron, COVID-19

While the latest coronavirus surge may see a return of stricter protocols, others believe a more relaxed approach is needed to counter the new strain.

We're about to enter 2022. But it's recently started to feel a lot like 2020 to UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond.

He is presiding over a department that is conducting several rounds of contact tracing per day. He is checking daily on his teams’ roster availability numbers. And he’s walking into locker rooms to deliver grim news about a game cancellation.

“It is a bit of a deja vu,” Jarmond says.