For players that don't win a starting job, they have opportunity somewhere else. However they may be shortsighted of over looking the degree opportunity when they probably won't make the pros.

For Schools like Alabama, it allows them to get even more 5 stars that they can then weed out themselves. For programs like Tech, it means that they can fill in recruiting misses, injuries, etc by picking up those players that didn't make the cut at other schools or blossomed while at a smaller college. It just means that recruiting now is not just High Schools.