To be honest, I already see this line being extremely blurry today, as freelancers are producing animations on e.g. Youtube with varying degrees of dependence on the compensation. If anything, establishing this academy system would deblur the line by making it at least equally attractive to become a card-carrying animator rather than a hobbyist, especially as the academy staff receives more and more resources, training, and equipment. Of course, there will be some part-timers but you very rarely see those among any sort of artists.

However, I could also see the academy helping amateurs do their hobby by aiding them with editing work, research, recognition, and social connections, and there might be a prize system in which the best amateur films are being rewarded