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(03-19-2019 10:25 AM)eroc Wrote:  

(02-15-2019 02:07 PM)Marcus Wrote:  

(02-14-2019 01:48 PM)dubcat14 Wrote:  https://twitter.com/rudedawgrules/status...25056?s=21

Proof that recruiting sites are a joke. Some HS students effectively catfished Rivals and 247 by creating a made up high school football player and tweeting out he received an offer from Alabama.

The students created Blake Carrienger, a 6’ 6” 315 lb offensive tackle out of Grace Christian Academy. Based solely on his tweet, Rivals and 247 put them in their databases and rated him a 3 star. No film or tape to analyze or numbers to go off of. Not even a check of the high school’s roster.

Interesting..

I personally don't think the recruiting site are a joke at all. There is some bias for sure but for the most part they do a pretty good job. These fake recruits seem to pop up every so often. It's just the nature of the beast. These analysts just don't have the manpower to scout and see every single prospect in the country in a "live" setting. Just too many out there.

Marcus;

Given your observation, isn't the lesser of two evils to not rate a player rather then "rate" a phony player? There is a good faith element to the service provided by these sites. Something like this hurts their reputation and ultimately, i imagine, their bottom line. In a business where there is a significant amount of skepticism about their product already, one would think they would err on the side of caution.

The rankings aren't perfect, but the concept of "let's rank the player based on who is offering a scholly" is fairly sound, or at least it provides a decent barometer. There is no way to personally evaluate the thousands upon thousands of HS football players.

The relatively recent development that causes an issue with the rankings is that the model was built when the Alabama's, OSU's, etc were offering 40-50 players per year. Now they are offering hundreds (some schools as many as 400-500).

It's a messed up system.