I'll preface my comments by saying that I've come to the conclusion that PG essentially puts on the best events period. Not only in baseball but any sport from what I can tell. I think they've only become better and better in terms of organization, communication and what they do for the players. Our kids are fortunate.
That said, I do think there are some aspects of Perfect Game's dominance in the sport which has not necessarily a positive. I feel they essentially coronate certain kids as the best within their class way too early. If you're not on that list as a 15 year old, you have a nearly impossible hill to climb without some influence exerted by an advocate of some type. For example, I noticed All Tournament team selections has almost no weighting in the rankings. One kid is a top ranked player but has only been selected All Tournament once in the past 10 events he's participated in. Clearly not getting it done in the games for the past two seasons. Many examples like that.
The reason I bring this up because I believe hype does influence the recruiting process. I'm not sure of the science applied for rankings but as the PG influence continues to grow, I wonder if it isn't creating a degree of laziness on the part of the RC. It's not PG's fault for bad due diligence but I do think schools will find that certain players aren't what they had thought there were and the kids tearing it up at a mid-level or Juco have always had talent as evidenced by their in game performance.
I seen replies from PG staff in the past which I can appreciate. Sounds like a lot of subjective inputs. It's getting to the point where a player has to play for a certain team and he's on the list early, they don't seem to fall when their play hasn't kept pace with the past reputation. Your thoughts?