Best Pay Site For Recruiting

[kicker_jesus]

Just curious as to everyone's opinion about which is the best site to pay for Premium Information if you were going to invest your money in just one site:

(1) Rivals

(2) Scout

(3) ESPN (I can hear everyone laughing thru their computers )

(4) 247Sports (know it is a new site but seems to be pretty good)

(5) Other

Edited August 22, 2010 by kicker_jesus

[Curran]

Just curious as to everyone's opinion about which is the best site to pay for Premium Information if you were going to invest your money in just one site:

(1) Rivals

(2) Scout

(3) ESPN (I can hear everyone laughing thru their computers )

(4) 247Sports (know it is a new site but seems to be pretty good)

(5) Other

1a)Scout

1b)Rivals

IMO Scout has better content, but Rivals has better message boards (The Vault, The Vent)

But you can also pick up a lot of useful information from sites just like this one on falconslife. I stumbled upon it one day and have found that some of the most reliable information comes from this message board, for free. There are a couple other boards like this one that tend to have some decent information from time to time as well, you just have to find them.

I imagine that I will try out 247sports once it gets fully implemented as well. I have been hearing great things about 247 and from what I can tell, the site looks clean and the message boards look like they will be a real plus. Content might be the only question there as they try to market themselves to high school recruits and make those connections necessary to get top information first.

[WTA]

IMO paying for recruiting info in this day and age is a complete waste of money... There's enough people out there who give the info for free and with twitter, etc. any breaking news that the pay sites used to have a couple hours before the free sites is now reduced to a matter of minutes...

Now of course my opinion is mainly due to my experience with UK sites/info, so I'm not sure how other universities are... kentuckysportsradio.com is a free site that is just as good, if not much better in many aspects, as alot of the "premium" UK sites out there...

[unconquered.]

I don't like Scouts layout. Rivals imo.

[kicker_jesus]

I don't like Scouts layout. Rivals imo.

Cody, have you checked out 247Sports yet? If so, what are your thoughts about it? I have been on it for a few days and I like what I have seen so far...thanks for your input WTA and Curran.

[Nicolae]

I love the 247 layout, just remains to be seen how much content there will be. I doubt it will be an issue though with Rusty there.

For the rankings and all that, Scout is worlds beyond Rivals right now. They are not good this year. For instance, Rivals still has Jay Rome as the #3 TE all the way down at #44 overall in the Top 100. Horrible, and thats just one example.

I do agree on the Scout board's layout, though. I hate it.

[unconquered.]

I love the 247 layout, just remains to be seen how much content there will be. I doubt it will be an issue though with Rusty there.

For the rankings and all that, Scout is worlds beyond Rivals right now. They are not good this year. For instance, Rivals still has Jay Rome as the #3 TE all the way down at #44 overall in the Top 100. Horrible, and thats just one example.

I do agree on the Scout board's layout, though. I hate it.

Scout has Karlos Williams as the number 7 safety....are you kidding me? Both sites has bogus rankings but atleast rivls dosen't rank 50 players 5 stars.

[tjb]

Scout has Karlos Williams as the number 7 safety....are you kidding me?

I know, that's way too high... :P Just kiddin..

Both sites have their pros/cons, but I've always thought that Scout gives out way too many 5*'s each year (well, unless they are UGA recruits, then I agree that they are accurate... )

Honestly, I feel like I get info from here and other free sites to justify not having one..

[SacFalcFan]

I love the 247 layout, just remains to be seen how much content there will be. I doubt it will be an issue though with Rusty there.

For the rankings and all that, Scout is worlds beyond Rivals right now. They are not good this year. For instance, Rivals still has Jay Rome as the #3 TE all the way down at #44 overall in the Top 100. Horrible, and thats just one example.

I do agree on the Scout board's layout, though. I hate it.

the 247 format is going to be great.. they have put a lot into the chat and forum setup. Also rusty mansell is covering uga and he is terrific. based on what i have been told 247 will do a much better job in states not named california, texas, and florida. it seems rivals ignores or doesn't cover a number of states such as mississippi. their fans are going crazy due to the crap rankings from rivals and for good reason. they will also do a better job than rivals when it comes to ranking georgia players. rival's rankings this year is just crap.. maybe the worst they have done since i have been following rivals. as much as i dislike espn they have done a much better job with the instate talent in georgia than rivals has. scout does a terrific job imo of ranking overall, but i do as others do and take all 3 for a composite (now 4). i will be buying membership to 247 to support rusty and his site.

[CrimsonKat]

I like Rivals for Alabama recruiting. If you are considering content, it is as much about the writers as anything. All of the recruiting rankings have their flaws so I went with the site whose writers seemed to give the best and most consistent information.

If you are a Georgia fan, I am sure some of the other posters can tell you how UGA's Rivals, Scout, and other sites' writers are.

[kicker_jesus]

the 247 format is going to be great.. they have put a lot into the chat and forum setup. Also rusty mansell is covering uga and he is terrific. based on what i have been told 247 will do a much better job in states not named california, texas, and florida. it seems rivals ignores or doesn't cover a number of states such as mississippi. their fans are going crazy due to the crap rankings from rivals and for good reason. they will also do a better job than rivals when it comes to ranking georgia players. rival's rankings this year is just crap.. maybe the worst they have done since i have been following rivals. as much as i dislike espn they have done a much better job with the instate talent in georgia than rivals has. scout does a terrific job imo of ranking overall, but i do as others do and take all 3 for a composite (now 4). i will be buying membership to 247 to support rusty and his site.

Sac and any other UGA fan...in order, who are the best writers out there covering UGA right now?

[Billy Ocean]

Check out this comment thread:

http://georgia.247sports.com/Board/Topic/19/6629

When asked, "How many recruits is UGA looking to sign this year?", Rusty says, "IMO 6-8 more with the 15 current commits."

What’s up w/ that? I always heard that we're taking 25-28 this year. If there was ever a year to take near the max, it’s this year.

[SacFalcFan]

Check out this comment thread:

http://georgia.247sports.com/Board/Topic/19/6629

When asked, "How many recruits is UGA looking to sign this year?", Rusty says, "IMO 6-8 more with the 15 current commits."

What’s up w/ that? I always heard that we're taking 25-28 this year. If there was ever a year to take near the max, it’s this year.

rusty is doing his best guess.. i have heard anywhere from 28 to 23 depending on the analyst.. no one knows but our coaches.

[SacFalcFan]

Sac and any other UGA fan...in order, who are the best writers out there covering UGA right now?

imo the best camp coverage is ugasports, but dawgpost is not far behind, the best basketball coverage is dan mcdonald on ugasports hoops forum, scout's chat is great and a big reason to sign up with dawgpost. rusty does a great job in coverage and i will sign up with 247 for a number of reasons, but i like the staff they have hired on and the technology they are promising..

[kicker_jesus]

imo the best camp coverage is ugasports, but dawgpost is not far behind, the best basketball coverage is dan mcdonald on ugasports hoops forum, scout's chat is great and a big reason to sign up with dawgpost. rusty does a great job in coverage and i will sign up with 247 for a number of reasons, but i like the staff they have hired on and the technology they are promising..

Sac, if you had to choose between dawgpost and 247Sports which one would you choose?

[capologist]

For Gators info, it's Scout by a long shot...

[SacFalcFan]

Sac, if you had to choose between dawgpost and 247Sports which one would you choose?

i want to see their new chat software.. but if it's as good i will go with 247sports. dawgpost does not have a uga recruiting guy, but instead use a southeast guy who provides some uga coverage, but it's not like 247sports where rusty will be all uga.

[TyroneDawg]

I love my Rivals subscription although the recruiting board has been a bit stale lately. Not Kips fault just not alot of people posting about recruiting. I am really enjoying 247 so far. There are not many posters over there yet so pretty much every question you have gets answered right away. The interface is cool looking thus far as well. Honestly lay out is important to me, that was the deciding factor when I chose Rivals over scout for my first subscription.

Edited August 24, 2010 by TyroneDawg

[TyroneDawg]

And by the way... you can find subscriptions to ESPN the magazine for as little as 2 bucks for a year online every once in a while. I bought a three year subscription for 2 dollars a year and the cool thing is it comes with a free subscription to insider. I am a big baseball fan as well so Insider is definitely worth having for such a ridiculous price.

[SacFalcFan]

I love my Rivals subscription although the recruiting board has been a bit stale lately. Not Kips fault just not alot of people posting about recruiting. I am really enjoying 247 so far. There are not many posters over there yet so pretty much every question you have gets answered right away. The interface is cool looking thus far as well. Honestly lay out is important to me, that was the deciding factor when I chose Rivals over scout for my first subscription.

247 is going to blow away scout and rivals when it comes to their new system. i talked to a few guys with 247 and they are really putting in a lot of effort to build the best forum and chat engines in addition to recruit database.

[kicker_jesus]

Great info guys...really appreciate it!!

[kingjamez]

Depends which team you're a fan of. UGASports is better than DawgPost but for some teams their scout team site is better than the rivals team site.

[kicker_jesus]

Depends which team you're a fan of. UGASports is better than DawgPost but for some teams their scout team site is better than the rivals team site.

UGA fan all the way...

[kicker_jesus]

Saw Dawgs247 just hired Gentry Estes away from the Mobile Press Register to be their beat writer...great hire IMO and only boosts my desire to sign up with them to get Premium information.

Gentry Estes + Rusty Mansell = A Great Reporting Team

Edited August 25, 2010 by kicker_jesus

[SacFalcFan]

Saw Dawgs247 just hired Gentry Estes away from the Mobile Press Register to be their beat writer...great hire IMO and only boosts my desire to sign up with them to get Premium information.

Gentry Estes + Rusty Mansell = A Great Reporting Team

estes was a terrific hire.. they have a great team right there with estes and mansell.