Why the outrage?

Prior to the NFL draft, all of these players in question had seemingly exhausted their eligibility, and they made the obvious choice of entering the NFL draft as the last remaining avenue to continue playing football.

None of the players were drafted. Subsequent to the draft, the NCAA extended blanket 5th year eligibility to all athletes which would have been relevant to the decision making of these players had they known prior to the draft.

The TRO sought to correct this inequity and afford these players the choice they would have had 5 months ago if the NCAA were competent. Calling these guys "NFL players" is a bit disingenuous. In some cases they were no different than the 4th QB camp body.

Its unfortunate that the Lane derangement syndrome is such that people see this as the moral atrocity of our time. Meanwhile, UCLA, Texas, and countless other schools signed or actively recruited the same pool of players.