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Rivals/247 give fake recruit 3 stars

That's all? Danny gave him a scholarship! #joke
 
OWGs will remember when Bobby Knight conjured a fake recruit back in the day and the media ran with it. Not much has changed.
 
I got Sidd Finch's autograph at a mets spring training game in the mid 80's. True story (at least the actor who played Sidd Finch who was in character at a mets game).
 
just proves that there are lots of ways to make money without necessarily having to work for it.
 
The 247Sports Composite is just that. . . it's a composite average, which takes into account all scouting services. . including Rivals. Because of their error, 247Sports will no longer give a composite score to a player that we haven't rated ourselves. Crazy situation. I haven't even looked into how this happened to begin with, but I'll read up on it now.

Couple tweets from our CEO

https://twitter.com/sbterry247/status/1096083310017761280

https://twitter.com/sbterry247/status/1096083815678832641
 
I agree with the comments saying to get rid of the Composite. If it's only 247, Rivals, and ESPN, it really doesn't make sense.
 
I’m glad this happened as it does expose the flaws in the ranking system. If the same profile had been posted for a player with offers from rice, app state, and Elon, the player would have been rated a 5.2 2 star.
 
The 247Sports Composite is just that. . . it's a composite average, which takes into account all scouting services. . including Rivals. Because of their error, 247Sports will no longer give a composite score to a player that we haven't rated ourselves. Crazy situation. I haven't even looked into how this happened to begin with, but I'll read up on it now.

Couple tweets from our CEO

https://twitter.com/sbterry247/status/1096083310017761280

https://twitter.com/sbterry247/status/1096083815678832641
Kudos to the CEO taking swift action after it came out. He got a lot of respect from me for that.
 
I agree with the comments saying to get rid of the Composite. If it's only 247, Rivals, and ESPN, it really doesn't make sense.

They're not doing away with the composite, but will only have a composite score and profile for a recruit that 247 has already scouted/created a profile. I like the composite, as a recruits national ranking can vary by hundreds of spots across the different platforms. I'd rather see an average than individually check 3 sites. Probably why I pretty much only go to 247 anymore.
 
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