<p>The new NCAA ratings do ding schools for students that leave for professional careers before graduation, and there is no way to tell which of them would have graduated if they had stayed. I also think this must be a small number because of how many actually make it to the pros. However, are colleges now in the business of paying for two years of college via scholarship so that student can skip off to the pros? Are we now getting away from the idea that one goes to college with the goal of graduation? At least with the kids that do make it to the pros, both the college and the student benefitted. The college from x years of an excellent player, and the player from the exposure and subsequent pro career. But what about the kids that don’t make the pros, and they don’t graduate either?</p>