Rivals is now charging high school athletes $499 for 'evaluation' and 'ranking consideration'

“Massive Money Grab”: Legendary College QB Slams $499 Evaluation Cost for Taking Advantage of Parents and High School Kids

High school football has evolved over the years, so much so that high school athletes are no longer limited to receiving a handful of offers from college football programs. For instance, St. Frances Academy EDGE already has offers from 13 colleges. The fact that recruiting has now turned into a rat race, Rivals came up […]

Popular college recruiting site to start charging high school athletes jaw-dropping amount for 'evaluation'

Thursday's shake-up in the college sports recruiting space has resulted in backlash.

Rivals.com Under Fire Over New Pay-To-Play Option For Recruit Ranking Profiles

For years, Rivals.com was the standard-bearer when it came to college football recruiting coverage. Then, site founder Shannon Terry sold the site to Yahoo before creating essentially the same product with 247Sports. Terry repeated the process when he sold 247 to CBS Sports and created yet another recruiting site, On3 Sports, which is currently the foremost name […]

Rivals is now charging high school athletes $499 for 'evaluation' and 'ranking consideration'

For decades, college football recruiting networks have made a business out of selling their expert evaluations and inside information on high school recruits to the most rabid of college football fans. Now, it seems one of those networks is flipping that model a bit and targeting the high school athletes themselves. Throughout the history of…

‘Can’t Even Use His Own Words,’ ‘Classic ChatGPT’ — Fans Accuse Rivals’ CEO of Using AI To Defend ‘Vile’ Decision of Charging HS Athletes

Fans accused Shannon Terry of using AI after he defended Rivals charging high school athletes for scouting evaluations.

Rivals now charging high school athletes $499 for evaluation, ranking consideration

The scouting service says it's trying to address a "capacity gap" in scouting, but fans aren't happy with its move.