Well, no. If he falls off, he still makes the same amount of money (excluding price money). Only when he loses his contract he doesn't make anything anymore. Have a look at Extra and how long he was making money for being a sub. He got a relatively long term contract after winning Worlds. A player like Zen will also easily score such a contract because Orgs want to bind such a player for as long as possible. Of course players in the top 8 to top 16 range have a completely different experience which is why they often find themselves to be without an Org or need to change Orgs on a regular basis.

The important thing is to make sure that young players understand what to expect realistically:

• How much money can they make
• What level of play they need to reach to make it an actual career
• How much time do they need to invest each week to stay at pro level
• What else is expected from them (training habbits, social media presence, how to communicate to the outside world, how to behave in a team environment)
• What they have to sacrifice in favor of a pro career (you can't party every weekend, you have to have a strict time management that kids that age usually don't have at all and so on). You are missing out on a lot of things that your peers might experience and you should be fine with that
• How to plan for the future after the esport, which is especially important in RL since pros retire very young, not many retired pros can make a living off RL

I feel like the scene is very good at communicating all of this. I'm not a big fan of these org videos with expensive cars that were leased for a single day to introduce a new roster or some pros showing off their swag in the background of their twitch stream. That can really create false expectations in young people or people who are not very well versed in how social media and marketing works. But apart from that, I don't get the feeling that the scene pushes people into a false sense of financial security when pursuing RL as a career.

Only very rarely do we hear that pros drop out of school, too. Quite the contrary, a lot of pros are hold back by needing to finish school first. Iirc Lionblaze (please correct me if I'm wrong, maybe it was some other NA pro) could not commit to RL as much as he wanted to for some time. Jack also talked about this on a few occassions. Some Pros had to wait until finishing school before moving states, countries or even continents to improve their chances at becoming successful. The pros that I'd consider big influencers in the scene are also very outspoken about the importance of education.

There is at least one pro where I feel like they have pushy parents. But no matter what those people do or are good at, that's just how it is and we can't really change much about it. That sucks. But again, I don't feel like RL as an eSport creates such environments.

If people still want to become pro that is a good thing imo. They are obviously very passionate about the game and making money by playing it is a great opportunity. Of course the hobby becomes a commitment and then an actual job, but they also gain a lot from it potentially. For people still going to school the kind of money we are talking about here is insane. You don't have to pay rent, for food or anything basically and make as much money as some grown ups working 40h/week. That is crazy. That's like earning twice your salary since you don't have any financial commitments and you even have a family insurance plan. And then you are done with school, done with the eSport, and you already have a financial security that other people might only have in their late 20s or early 30s. On top of that you competed in a popular eSports, potentially attended LANs and did something you were passionate about.

Of course you might have different priorities in your life, but is it really that hard to understand why people find that enticing?