The Early Bird Gets The Worm...

I'm sure many sports fans know that in order to bring in new talent to college sports teams, the college must have their scouts search for talent at high schools across the nation. What may be overlooked is how much effort is put into recruiting and scouting talent and that this process involves a lot of multimedia tools that they are able to use to make better decisions. There are many sports recruiting websites that provide videos, slideshows and articles on every top high school prospect in the nation. Two of the best websites, in terms of high school football recruiting, are Rivals.com and Scouts.com. They have high school footage on some of the best high school football talent in the nation. Most of which will play pro football some day. Here is a video of one of them who did just that:



I find this amazing that reporters for these website produce this much content on high school athletes. I think that this proves that online sports journalism can prove to be more than just informative to sports fans. It can also be helpful to colleges and professional sports teams. I also think that it is cool that they cover high school teams and rank them according to how well they think they play in their leagues. Another thing that I think is interesting is that they just don't limit themselves to just covering the top prospects in the nation. They also cover high school athletes that are in every state.

Overall, like I said earlier, I think that this proves that there are more people that are interested in coverage like this outside of just sports fans. Colleges put scholarship dollars and invest a lot of time to make correct decisions that will help their athletic programs. Websites like these that provide these multimedia resources help them make the right decisions.