My son gets an email from thescoutingnews.com:
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Hello:
The Scouting News media group is doing a feature on you for our home page.
This is the process:
Step 1: Complete the form below - send us one game/student photo and return by Sunday July 17th, 2011.
Step 2: We publish on the home page
Step 3: Is there a fee to be featured? No! Again, (1) send back the form and (2) we will publish.
The faster you get back the form the faster it will be published. Please return by Sunday July 17th, 2011.
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I've never heard of these folks before. I went out to the website and it seems to be all about player profiles with a few stories mixed in. You can't see the profiles without subscribing.
So, major red flag. If son submits then parents need to pay to see it is my guess for their moneymaking model.
Does anyone have any knowledge of this website? I'm going to tell my son not to do it unless there is some positive feedback. Also, I don't think it is coincidence that it sounds a lot like thesportingnews.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
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