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...and Scout.com
Is this a major victory for CF? Or just a small crack in the (caste) system?
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The NCAA finally does something that I approve of. Even if they did it for different reasons. Taking down the Rivals-Scout evil duo would be a great first step in helping break DWFs out of their fantasy worlds. After all, without the recruiting sites and their star systems, there will be no more 'Recruiting National Champions' for the negrophiles to salivate over. Without all that pressure, maybe some coaches will go back to legitimate talent-based scouting.
Is this a major victory for CF? Or just a small crack in the (caste) system?
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So here's the news of the day: the N.C.A.A. has decided that institutions may not subscribe to recruiting sites like Rivals.com, deciding that such Web sites are not media organizations but scouting services. That the N.C.A.A. has decided that such sites fit into the latter category makes them off-limits, in the sense that Rivals or Scout.com provide recruiting videos not available to the general public.
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But money might not be the big issue for a Rivals. Think of it this way: the N.C.A.A. isn't banning what these sites bring to the table altogether, merely banning F.B.S. teams from using the service they provide. So monetarily, Rivals and Scout are merely losing the $10 a month from the coaches they subscribe to the service. If each coach in the F.B.S. subscribed to a Rivals, the company would be losing about $10,000 a month. Yeah, that's a sizable chunk of change, but not a loss that would doom the company to bankruptcy.
The truth is the relationship might be far bigger. Programs might be receiving added material, information that a team site doesn't provide to its normal readership. In that case, a school might be putting down far more than $10 a month, in which case the financial loss would be far more substantial.
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Want evidence that the N.C.A.A. is serious about this stance? It has asked every F.B.S. program that has subscribed to a recruiting Web site to report it as a secondary violation.
The NCAA finally does something that I approve of. Even if they did it for different reasons. Taking down the Rivals-Scout evil duo would be a great first step in helping break DWFs out of their fantasy worlds. After all, without the recruiting sites and their star systems, there will be no more 'Recruiting National Champions' for the negrophiles to salivate over. Without all that pressure, maybe some coaches will go back to legitimate talent-based scouting.