Our Event Coverage
Event Coverage
In an effort to be transparent on what to expect from our website from a coverage perspective, we are sending you this message today to outline how our scouts approach event coverage and what steps our editorial team takes to ensure trustworthy coverage at Prep Network hosted events.
Our Scouts’ approach to event coverage is simple: Come into the event fully prepared, evaluate honestly, and cover as many players as possible.
Here’s what we do to ensure this:- Our scouts are equipped with roster packets before the event to make sure they have the name, height, and school of every player in attendance. Our scouts are encouraged to watch as many different teams and players as possible at the event. A Division I-level household name prospect gets the same coverage as a Division III talent. It is paramount for programs and teams to have their rosters entered before the event so our scouts know who they’re watching.
- This does not mean we can realistically cover every single player at the event. We do, however, promise that our coverage is strategically planned to make sure as many courts and facilities have our scouts’ eyes on them throughout the duration of an event.
- We also encourage scouts to go back after the event and watch any teams they didn’t get to see on BallerTV, the streaming partner of our events.
- Our scouts are asked to snap quick headshots of players they evaluated in each game they watch, to be used for social media graphics and as images in articles.
- Our scouts are asked to write at least three articles from an event recapping the top performers. There is freedom and creativity exercised in these articles — they could be categorized by prospects’ position, graduating class or any other measurable qualifier.
- Our scouts are encouraged to be active users of social media while at the event, in order to call attention to standout performers in real-time. Scouts are also balancing this social media element with note-taking that helps in the writing process later on, which is to say that we cannot tweet out every single highlight.
- To view social media content, please follow the website’s account and our scouts’ accounts.
- Our scouts are allowed to make judgments on who they write about based on what they watch with their own eyes. We do not assign scouts to write about specific prospects or programs. Any explicit assignment of coverage is delivered at a general age level (for example, one scout may be charged with evaluating 17U prospects, while another is responsible for 16U).
- We do not employ scouts with a known bias toward or against certain players or programs. We seek to cover players on merit alone. Buying a subscription to our website does not ensure preferential treatment from our Scouts.