RonJohn
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No, the NCAA cannot force the NBA or the players to do anything. However, the NCAA could institute a rule that all scholarships given to freshmen are 2-year scholarships. If a kid skips out after his freshman year, the school loses that scholly for the second year. That would give the schools pause when offering an obvious 1-and-done. Not all schools would care, but most would. That's something well within the control of the NCAA.
If they were really serious about the school portion of student athlete, they could require that all scholarships be 4-year scholarships that can't be transferred. That way schools would be forced to look for kids who actually are interested in a college education. I seriously doubt the NCAA would go for either a two year or a four year mandatory scholarship rule because it would hurt the money the NCAA gets from the NCAA tournament.