Related Clues:
- Hit the big time
- Sign with a team, perhaps
- Leave the amateur ranks
- Join the big leagues
- Drop out of school for millions, perhaps
- Enter the NFL draft
- Be an amateur no more
- Opt to play for pay
- Lose one's amateur standing
- Make a hobby a job
- Hit the big leagues
- Become a paid athlete
- Give up amateur status
- Decide to play for pay
- Do what Michelle Wie did before age 16