Online Recruiting Websites

Pregame RecruitingMember

I am a senior and college and my buddy is a sophmore, we are both collegiate baseball players and business majors at a DII in Arkansas. We are entering a business plan competition in which we are doing an online recruiting and training website that is baseball specific for helping junior college and high school kids make it to the 4 year level. We are curious if you all believe that there is a market for this. We plan on having different levels of services the starting one just being a blog with stats and other information along these lines. The top level membership will have videos, online lessons, training and dietary routines and more. What price should we charge for these services? Any feedback will be much appreciated.

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10/7/1111:26 AM

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SpeedsDad10+ posts

There are several already existing with various levels of services and fees. From the very expensive NCSA to the inexpensive BeRecruited.com Check them out for ideas.

10/7/1112:20 PM

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BOF10,000+ posts

In honor of Steve Jobs, take a hint from one of his favorite quotes from Wayne Gretzky. "I skate where the puck is going to be, not where it has been"

10/7/1112:25 PM

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Pregame RecruitingMember

We have looked into those sites and we just would like to their idea deeper, such as team specific pages so coaches can post team specific workouts and information along the lines of a virtual "bulletin board". Also we would like to send out scouts to varify the inforamtion that the athlete posted because anyone can say they are 6'7 and 94+. Thank you for the input.

10/12/1111:29 AM

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Texas18361,000+ posts

Pick up the phone and call Kendall Rogers or Shannon Terry. They may refuse to talk to you or think you are naive, but what do you have to lose?

10/12/1112:20 PM

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RedSoxFan21500+ posts

Sending out scouts can be a very expensive proposition. Not to mention that you will be auditing the very people who presumably will be paying you to post their info. So will you thank them for their money and then say "Gotcha!"?

Decide if this a site for scouts and college coaches to use for verifying prospects, or for prospects to post their info in the hopes of attracting scouts? Doing both can be challenging. It's a fine line that actually only Perfect Game seems to have walked while running a mint in the process.

Virtually all of these services are a veritable waste of time and money, and can't replace the direct contact between a player and the coach of a school of interest.

I like the Gretzky quote!

10/12/1112:21 PM

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RedSoxFan21500+ posts

quote:
Originally posted by Texas1836:
Pick up the phone and call Kendall Rogers or Shannon Terry. They may refuse to talk to you or think you are naive, but what do you have to lose?

And they are who?

10/12/1112:22 PM

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Texas18361,000+ posts

Shannon Terry started Rivals. I think he had a partner, but I do not recall. His new business is 247Sports. Rogers worked at Rivals and is at PG now.

If you are starting a business that you believe in, you will do many things that other people consider stupid or naive. When you succeed those things will look wise.

10/12/1112:42 PM

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