Elijah Wade’s UCLA football career ended for medical reasons. Now, as a student council rep, he advocates for Bruins athletes in the time of COVID-19.
The Pac-12 Conference voted Tuesday to allow voluntary, on-campus workouts for all athletes beginning as soon as June 15., Wade was at a USAC meeting pushing a resolution he authored that aims to protect UCLA athletes from harm during a restart of college sports.“Student-athletes to have positions on all task forces or internal discussions related to return to practice and competition.”
“Student-athletes to have a choice in deciding whether they return to college sports activities during the COVID-19 pandemic without the fear of the reduction and/or cancellation of their scholarship, threats or retaliation of any kind.” “California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the Los Angeles City Council, the UC Regents, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, and UCLA Athletic Director Martin Jarmond to immediately adopt the safeguards detailed in this resolution through their respective public health orders or university powers.”
The statement said that the “Bruin Athletic Council,” which includes athlete representatives from all 25 sports as well as leaders from other athlete groups, would be consulted on return-to-training models.
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