From what I can tell from looking online the Rambam never said “It is better that 1000 fools die to obtain one genuine scholar.”
http://osdir.com/ml/culture.religion.jewish.avodah/2006-01/msg00098.html
Besides which, do we say to go ask someone to violate the Torah in order to support Torah learning? For example, do we ask an ignoramus to carry (where there is no eruv) a Sefer to a Rav on Shabbat so that the Rev can learn? Or should we send someone to work on Shabbat so that he can support a kollel? I really don’t think so, and I think you’d agree.
Why would we create a system that will cause a multitude of Jews to become not observant?