Jump to content

Update to 247Sports composite score formula


GMG_Dallas

Recommended Posts

A fake player was given a rating by Rivals which led to a 247 composite rating due to the mechanics of the site. Pretty funny. It'll be interesting to see how this affects 247 recruiting rankings moving forward.

"247Sports announced a significant change to its recruit ratings service: its Composite will no longer list ratings for prospects who were not also rated by 247 itself. The reason behind this appears to be a recruit by the name of Blake Carringer, who doesn’t exist — or doesn’t exist as he was as briefly described by recruiting media, at least."

https://www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/college-football-recruiting/2019/2/14/18224994/blake-carringer-fake-recruit-247-rivals-recruiting-rankings

Link to comment
Share on other sites

At the very end of the article:

"247 doesn’t rate every player in the country. Some players who are rated in the Composite were actually only rated by one or two of the three services. So going forward, smaller schools might not have all their signees counted in the Composite’s ratings. It will take longer for some more prominent recruits to be listed in the Composite as well, since Rivals and ESPN data would only factor into the Composite once 247 rated that player first."

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This is a hilarious story. Doesn't only happen in football either.

Remember Tony Mitchell? Rated like a 93 by all the major recruiting media as a Mizzou recruit. Suddenly his highschool papers don't check out, he commits to UNT and he's *GASP* an 82?! Go figure amirite?

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Reminds me of a story from I believe the 1940's when someone made up a fictional college football team.  He made up the college, coaches, players, and gave them a schedule against other fictional teams.  Every week he would write up something crazy about the game and the wire service would send it out to newspapers all over the country.  

Below are a couple of articles about it. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plainfield_Teacher's_College

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/16/sports/ncaafootball/the-41-season-at-plainfield-teachers-college-when-every-play-was-a-fake.html

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.



  • Tell a friend

    Love GoMeanGreen.com? Tell a friend!
  • What's going on Mean Green?

    1. 11

      The Athletic on DFW Football recruiting

    2. 0

      SB at Memphis (4/19-21/24)

    3. 19

      SWAC leading rebounder Brian Myles to announce where he's going

    4. 0

      Dallas ISD 2024 Hall of Fame Class

    5. 11

      Doesn't seem new, but unlimited transfers

  • Popular Contributors

  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      15,382
    • Most Online
      1,865

    Newest Member
    KeithSHU
    Joined
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Please review our full Privacy Policy before using our site.