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[QUOTE="pfister1, post: 228455, member: 285"]
If he is truly against the one year rule, which is an NBA rule not an NCAA rule, they should take some steps to push back. I don't know if the NBA would change the rule just at the NCAA's request, however they could do things to apply pressure to the NBA that might get them to fall in line.
 
One thing they could do is threaten not to treat a kid that has entered the draft as having irrevocably given up his eligibility. This would  the entire draft system as kids would be given an alternative to accepting their draft position. If they didn't get drafted highly enough, or didn't like the situation they were drafted into, they could return to school.  Given that the NBA is really a one round draft and teams rely on the players taken in the draft to round out their rosters, if not form the foundation of their team, I think the uncertainty would be a huge fly in the NBA's ointment.
 
They could also take it in a whole different direction and really up the standards for admission - or not allow admissions standards to be compromised to get players that have no business being in school in the door.
 
Not sure what the answers are, but I agree that continuing down the same path thinking that all players that are presently there should be treated as though they are there to get a degree is just being ignorant to the reality that college basketball has become.
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