I Intend on Subscribing to a Paid Site Soon...

[Supreme]

Which do you think provides the most bang for your dollar; Rivals, Scout, or 247sports? I'm leaning towards Rivals, but I wanted to see which purchase you all think provides the best info. I intend I subscribing to ESPN as well. It wont be immediate, but I should make the purchase closer to signing day. December maybe.

Normally I wouldn't make the purchase, but I don't have access to Duck info the way I do with some other teams. Plus, I'm sure you all wouldn't mind it neither.

So what say you?

[UOducksTK1]

I'd say 247. Justin and Matt used to be a part of Ducks Attack, so I'm partially biased.

[Supreme]

Why'd they leave? And as greedy and selfish as this may sound, why not post the info here?

[OreDucks01284]

sometime they drop by and give us some good info (rarely now) or UOducksTK1 sometime ask them permission to see if its okay with them to post info or new commits here.

either of those choice, its up to you. I am not subscriber on any paid site, no reason to. This is best site out there and its free tho even through we dont get much like we used to.

[canaduck]

If you just want Ducks info, I'm not really sure what your best bet is. In general I would say Rivals because it puts out a lot of information, not just on recruiting. If you are only concerned about getting Ducks info and can get your other Info elsewhere then 24/7 might be a solid consideration.

[glazeduck]

With all due respect to C4Q's boys Matt and Justin... they're all a waste of money. I've looked into all very seriously, and, to me at least, none justify spending the money.

They're another iteration of ESPNInsider, which provides 99% speculation, rumor, hype and D.O.A. info... The stuff these sites provide either will happen (in which case you'll find out about it in due time), or WON'T happen, because of it's speculative nature.

If you HAD to do it, I'd say go w/ 247, they seem like they're trying their hardest to provide actual content - interviews, stories, etc., but it's been my experience that these are all hype machines that don't really offer any true 'inside info', more or less just more "he said ___" a bit sooner...

Up to you, but I think I speak for a lot of the more senior people in this board, when i tell those younger than I (especially ones entering college soon - like you, and especially in this down economy) to save your money, don't spend it on extraneous stuff.

[Hoagduck]

I agree with Glazeduck completely. You are paying to read speculations. Anything concrete is usually free, and you find it here or on twitter.

[dthomas=ddixon]

I'm with glazeduck. The whole "insider recruiting info" thing is pretty much a scam. Pay for info a day or a few hours sooner than everyone else knows, or for info that never even comes about & is just speculation. If you really want to though I'd go with 247. Like a few others said, they seem to really try to only give real info & report on the team itself. They try to avoid grapevine garbage. And Jhop & Matt are both local guys that have worked they're way up in the recruiting info biz so neither is too full of themselves.

[Duckattack7]

Rivals has the best layout, and best articles. But I still like 247sports better because better info and it comes out faster. Alot of people on the rivals boards are ASSHOLES.

[lukeyrid13]

I used to pay for Rivals and while I enjoyed it you can get about 75% of the info for free here. Like others said it's all about patience. If you can wait a day or so to find out about things then there is no need to pay for it and also most guys have their videos on youtube now so it's not worth it for the Rivals videos either

[fecta23]

Im on DSA ( Rivals) and the level of discourse is much higher there than here or most free sites ( no offense). People are right about the inside info, nothing groundbreaking.

[Duck07]

i think the only reason i would go for a subscription is for videos so is rivals still the best?

[UOducksTK1]

Why'd they leave? And as greedy and selfish as this may sound, why not post the info here?

Well obviously it's an upgrade. Money and at the time they were working for ESPN. Gotta admit, that's pretty cool. If I wasn't committed to this site and so swamped with school/work, I'd probably be there too.

Ands they do post tidbits from time to time, but obviously the info at 247 is for paid memberships, so if you want that information, you have to pay.

[shear_j]

Scout sucks. That's all I have to say about that