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[QUOTE="pfister1, post: 258504, member: 285"]
They already are changing the rules in ways that impact it, such as instituting the APR. The APR doesn't directly prevent it, but its intention is to force the kids coming through (including the one and dones) to actually take academics seriously for the years they are on campus. You could make an APR like rule even more draconian in an attempt to root out the one and done players, or at least make it more difficult for programs with multiple one and dones to survive the effect of the APR once they lose those guys.
 
Not saying they should do this, but I am in the camp that having five or six guys on a team that leave after playing only 1 or 2 years is really undermining the spirit of college athletics. It is supposed to be about competing in an athletic endeavor while getting an academic education, [U][B]not[/B][/U] coming to campus to prepare yourself to play professionally. Universities are not the place to groom the next crop of professional athletes, that should be done in a professional minor league system.
 
I am really torn on this issue. I really enjoy college basketball, especially the level at which Cuse is playing it today. However, I don't like the fact that the rosters are becoming so transient. Since Melo, we've had Dion, Fab, Flynn, Donte, Harris, and Devo all leave Cuse before their eligibility was exhausted to pursue professional careers. It's not terrible, but the pace of early departures is picking up and we have guys on the current roster like Rak, Coleman and MCW who also could end up in that camp.
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