T*W*I*S: Rivals.com Ban Fails to Overshadow Good Work by NSR

When the NCAA chose to ban its football coaches from subscribing to “scouting services,” it was a good-news, bad-news issue for us at National Scouting Report, the nation’s first and most revered high school scouting service in the world.  First, the bad news.  Most media outlets, apparently not knowing the difference between “pay wall” services such as Rivals.com and “free-access” services like NSR, didn’t bother to find out the clear differences between the two and thus, by association, lumped all services together.  To the good guys, like NSR, it was a startling moment to observe as even so-called knowledgeable sports sources would marry the two so nonchalantly.  There are differences, to be sure.  Our business model is simple and, by the way, in full compliance with NCAA standards.  We are not paid by college coaches for any part of our service.  We do not have, nor have we ever had, these “pay walls” which require paid or comped subscriptions to see prospects’ profiles and videos.  Anyone, college coaches or the general public, may at anytime, access our Web site (www.nsr-inc.com) and therefore our prospects without the requirement of paying a fee or needing a password.  NSR founder, Bob Rigney, started the college scouting industry in 1980.  From the first day forward, Mr. Rigney demanded that the company and its employees and affiliated licensees and scouts adhere to NCAA rules and regs.  As a result, NSR has not once been cited, sanctioned or banned by the NCAA for any type of infraction.  At NSR, we are proud of our legacy, our ethics and our history of alligning ourselves with the NCAA and following their expectations to the letter.