I didn't meant to stir up controversy! Sorry if I did so. I'm not concerned about whether or how this "scout" was being compensated. And for the record, I have no reason to believe the travel coach I know of doing college scouting is being paid money for what he does. In fact, I suspect he does it for free as a friend of the head coach of that particular college, and he is willing to help that head coach, who is many hundreds of miles away, check out high academic players in our area (or who have come to play in tournaments in our area) who might be a good fit for his school.
What I am actually interested in is whether colleges (using whatever means are at their disposal) follow players as young as 15, especially players who, while good, are not making any top prospect lists. It would seem, since this guy knew of my son and where he played high school ball, that this is in fact the case. And that kind of blows my mind!