I assume you're referring to one of these articles?

Since the example program is provided by an outside contractor (a rather ubiquitous one) how do you think it affects academics? The program isn't paid for with university funds, so that can't be it.

I can see the rage over lazy rivers. (I'm anti-pool. No one needs that much water. wink ) But this seems to be helping students deal with issues that would otherwise detract from time spent learning.