How will this affect the game,

[drkelsey55]

Sports digest on page two of the post has a blurb about the NCAA elimination of live scouting of all ncca games affective this August.

Any thoughts?

[kshoe]

I don't think it changes a thing. I suspect the only time coaches used the "live scouting" option was during tournaments when their next opponent was playing after their game.

[MusicCityBilliken]

I always thought live scouting was now kind of pas-say with all the electronic video availability. Also it gives all the coaching staff time to analyze the opposing teams' strengths and weaknesses.

[TheOldie]

Was not one of the terms of JC contract was the hiring of a film and video coordinator?

Has there been a hire for this position?

[Cowboy]

-so in Mexico if we play the first game our coaches can't sit there and watch the next game? in the tourney you can't watch the other games in your arena? interesting

[thetorch]

Hmmm can players still watch the other teams?

[Taj79]

Much like the 1(PG)-2(SG)-3(SF)-4(PF)-5© concept of a basketball team, maybe the idea of in-person scouting is archaic and passe as well. Given what's on the airwaves now, does it matter?

Is sitting at a game the same as scouting at a game? Seems pole-vaulitng over turds -- would appear to be much more the NCAA should fix before it worries about this one.

[drkelsey55]

Much like the 1(PG)-2(SG)-3(SF)-4(PF)-5© concept of a basketball team, maybe the idea of in-person scouting is archaic and passe as well. Given what's on the airwaves now, does it matter?

Is sitting at a game the same as scouting at a game? Seems pole-vaulitng over turds -- would appear to be much more the NCAA should fix before it worries about this one.

Other schools said they believe the ban is contrary to the deregulation effort and puts unreasonable limits on college coaches who might want to attend sporting events on their own time. The rule continues to allow coaches to scout upcoming opponents if they are participating in the same tournament or doubleheader event at the same site

[kwyjibo]

-so in Mexico if we play the first game our coaches can't sit there and watch the next game? in the tourney you can't watch the other games in your arena? interesting

No. The ban specifically allows teams to watch each other when they are in or at the same event.

So much for going to see the kids play.

[brianstl]

This is a cost savings move. Now schools no longer have to budget for this kind of travel

[Cowboy]

No. The ban specifically allows teams to watch each other when they are in or at the same event.

So much for going to see the kids play.

This is a cost savings move. Now schools no longer have to budget for this kind of travel

-ok, thanks

[RUBillsFan]

I wonder if this partially has something to do with the "transfer epidemic" and the idea that some coaches are "poaching" players from other schools. Perhaps the NCAA thinks that during these live scouting trips coaches are talking to players at other schools about transferring.

[Cowboy]

I wonder if this partially has something to do with the "transfer epidemic" and the idea that some coaches are "poaching" players from other schools. Perhaps the NCAA thinks that during these live scouting trips coaches are talking to players at other schools about transferring.

-I thought that, too