[dpatru]

NCAA : college :: Pro sports : real life. Thiel is saying, "Think outside the box. The best way to prepare for real life may not be to go to college." His 20 under 20 program is seeking to demonstrate this by starting at the top. He's seeking to demonstrate what happens if very exceptional kids, who could go to the very best colleges, elect instead to do something else. The analogy to sports would be someone offering a non-college sports program for the very best high school athletes, who if they went to a college would have a excellent chance of being accepted by a pro team.