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Get Scouted Scouting CareersNote from NCAA coach offers opportunity for clarity in scouting services
Occasionally we get a note from a college coach wanting to know about our NCAA certification and why NSR is so special as to make him or her want to use our service regularly. See, there are so many scouting services that quality can sometimes be hard to see among all the ruckus surrounding it. In this case, the coach complained that most scouting services send him info on unqualified high school athletes making it a real waste of his time to go through them trying to find one or two legit athletes.
Yesterday, when this NCAA DII coach asked us to verify our NCAA certification and to give him good reasons why he should begin a working relationship with us, it was easy to respond because what we offer college coaches is a unique opportunity to evaluate prospects that have been personally scouted and interviewed. But, let the response speak to all that. Here was the coach’s request and our answer:
- Our scouts: NSR scouts actually scout high school and club events. We are NOT a telemarketing service, nor are we a free online service. Our scouts live and work in their communities. They scout and evaluate talent in their assigned geographical areas. That is different in that nearly all other scouting services never see their client-athletes in person which means that the athletes they bring to you have not been formally scouted or properly interviewed.
- Our enrollment qualifications: We are not an open enrollment service which means that we do not accept any and all prospects that want to enroll with us. For a prospect to qualify, he or she must have demonstrated the ability to perform at some level of college athletics. They must have the desire to play at the next level. They must have good to excellent grades and standardized test scores. They must be of good character. And, they must have the full emotional and financial support of their families.
- Our standards: NSR has been scouting prospects since 1980. We started the scouting service industry 33 years ago. All of our standards are tied to and based upon NCAA rules. We train our scouts on these rules, we demand their compliance and hold them accountable at all times. To accomplish this, we send our scouts daily notes which provide continued education on the NCAA rules as well as other related recruiting issues. Additionally, we have monthly regional conference calls with them as well as a monthly companywide, educational Webinar.
- Our advantage: Because our service is free to all college coaches, we are allowed to assist coaches in learning more about the prospects they are interested in recruiting and going the extra mile by arranging upon request unofficial and official visits or serving as a conduit between coaches and prospects during quiet or dead periods. However, we are not permitted to accompany a prospect to an NCAA campus, nor are we allowed to negotiate scholarships on behalf of the family. Finally, we cannot provide you inside info on a prospect which we would not also make known to all coaches.
National Scouting Report is dedicated to finding scholarship opportunities for athletes who possess the talent, desire, and motivation to compete at the collegiate level. We’ve helped connect thousands of athletes with their perfect college.
Great article if i had a child with the potential to be a college athlete i would choose NSR,great job.