Scout Media Files For Bankruptcy

[Lehigh Football Nation]

http://awfulannouncing.com/2016/scout-media-files-bankruptcy-creditors-petition.html

Aside from the shocker that the Patsy Ratings will need to change again, it's a shame that the original rating service seems like they're destined to be relegated to the dustbin of history.

[BucBisonAtLarge]

The Patsy is a robust measure, massive in scope and deftly precise. Ever forward.

[bonarae]

OK, so who is already the king of recruiting ratings now? 247sports? ESPN? Anybody else did I miss out?

[lionsrking2]

OK, so who is already the king of recruiting ratings now? 247sports? ESPN? Anybody else did I miss out?

Twitter & Hudl.

[Schism55]

Could this news mean any less?

[LeopardBall10]

It is interesting that the recruiting "media outlets" and rating agencies have taken on a more... boutique... feel. Instead of the old days with Scout.com pumping out ratings, getting content written and published by each school, changing ratings once players commit, etc. there has been a huge rise in groups like NSR, NCSA, Off The Hook, etc. who make money by promising to promote athletes to specific schools. You have a large increase in regional blogging and local reporting.

But Rivals is the king of the hill.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

It is interesting that the recruiting "media outlets" and rating agencies have taken on a more... boutique... feel. Instead of the old days with Scout.com pumping out ratings, getting content written and published by each school, changing ratings once players commit, etc. there has been a huge rise in groups like NSR, NCSA, Off The Hook, etc. who make money by promising to promote athletes to specific schools. You have a large increase in regional blogging and local reporting.

But Rivals is the king of the hill.

In a sense it has devolved the same way much "national" reporting has devolved back to the local level. It was my impression Scout had a top-down approach, a national presence that would trickle down to the local recruiting efforts, whereas Rivals was more of a bottom-up approach, developing local contacts to build the national network (and crediting those contacts). Also, Rivals hooked up with Yahoo! Sports at the exact right time, while Scout's management made mistake after mistake.