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At National Scouting Report, our scouts and office staff have worked with thousands of high school athletes and their parents during our 36-year history. Rarely, however, do we see families that truly understand how recruiting actually works, its complexities and nuances.
Most families think recruiting is two-dimensional. In truth, it is three-dimensional.
If you have seen three-dimensional chess boards, you can imagine the complex nature of an already highly intellectual game under those circumstances. The added layers make a complicated game even more intimidating, especially for novices.
College recruiting has far more layers than most families anticipate: from communicating and negotiating with admissions counselors and their offices; to arranging for productive on-campus visits; to developing fruitful relationships with coaches, team members and professors; to acting responsibly under NCAA and NAIA recruiting rules; to the ancillary academic eligibility process; to paying for college.
All of this happens in a condensed time frame. The pressures can easily overwhelm teenagers as well as mature adults. In short, it is a tough road to travel with many moving parts to navigate and frequently too little time to do it. A few families make it on their own, but most fail, as NSR scouts have witnessed time and time again.
Sometimes families simply need short instructions and a nudge in the right direction. Other times they need a scout to be the driver. Regardless, NSR does what is needed by each individual family.
That is why NSR was founded in 1980 by visionary Bob Rigney — to relieve families of this burdensome journey. Rigney’s own son, a solid high school baseball player, was getting no attention from college coaches. Rigney, who owned a printing company, decided to do something about his son’s situation. He printed one-page bio sheets and mailed them to college coaches. To his surprise, many responded and were interested in recruiting his son.
That success inspired Rigney to start a business helping other prospects get noticed by college coaches. NSR became the first college scouting service in America. Today, it is the largest on-the-ground, one-on-one, personal recruiting organization in the world. NSR scouts work in the communities in which they live and help families to successfully navigate all those trappings in recruiting’s obscure third dimension.
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.
Very interesting.