i was wondering what the prestige vs recruiting effort scale would look like.  

for example if:
A+ had a range of 100 - 95
A   had a range of 94 - 90
A-  had a range of  89 - 85

B+ had a range of 84 - 80
B  had a range of  79 - 75
B- had a range of 74 - 70

etc.....

so according to this scale an A+ team would have up to a 30% advantage over a B-

I know this scale is wrong but could someone give me an idea of what they think would be close?

does anybody have any ideas?  

Supposedly at D1 it is around a 1.7x multiplier for each full grade. At D2 and D3 prestige barely matters.

Source:
http://whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?TopicID=408031&Page=1

I think the only difference at DII and DIII is which recruits will talk to you.  Once you get the go ahead to recruit a player its virtually a level playing field.

so if the 1.7 multiplier is used:

100   A+
86.2  A
72.5  A-

58.8  B+
50.7  B
42.6  B-

34.6  C+
29.8  C
25.0  C-

20.3  D+
17.5  D
14.7  D-

so if a C- and an A+ battle for a player the C- has to spend 4 times as much?     WOW,  even the B having to spend twice as much to beat an A+ seems flawed to me.  these numbers seem like they would REALLY deter the ability for a team to be built up like we're able to do in GD

Seems pretty realistic to me. 

the C- vs the A+ does seem OK but the B vs A+ seem like much.   I would think of it in purdue vs indiana terms,  yes indy will get most of the hoosier staters but purdue has a great following too and i would think it wouldnt in real world cost be double?  but maybe Im thinking of this in the wrong way

there is definitely some dissent about the value of prestige, i believe its less than 1.7x.

here's a chart for varying multipliers.
assuming the prestige is a straight line value.  ie.. a B to A is the same as a D to a C.
 
per full letter grade

	1.10	1.20	1.30	1.40	1.50	1.60	1.70	1.80	1.90	2.00
A+	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
A	96.9	94.1	91.6	89.4	87.4	85.5	83.8	82.2	80.7	79.4
A-	93.9	88.6	83.9	79.9	76.3	73.1	70.2	67.6	65.2	63.0
B+	90.9	83.4	76.9	71.4	66.7	62.5	58.8	55.5	52.6	50.0
B	88.1	78.5	70.5	63.8	58.3	53.5	49.3	45.7	42.5	39.7
B-	85.3	73.8	64.5	57.1	50.9	45.7	41.3	37.5	34.3	31.5
C+	82.7	69.5	59.1	51.0	44.5	39.1	34.6	30.9	27.7	25.0
C	80.1	65.4	54.2	45.6	38.9	33.4	29.0	25.4	22.4	19.8
C-	77.6	61.6	49.6	40.8	33.9	28.6	24.3	20.8	18.1	15.7
D+	75.2	57.9	45.5	36.4	29.7	24.4	20.4	17.1	14.6	12.5
D	72.8	54.5	41.7	32.6	25.9	20.9	17.1	14.1	11.8	9.9
D-	70.6	51.3	38.2	29.1	22.6	17.9	14.3	11.6	9.5	7.9

assuming the above numbers and sliding prestige are accurate; I coverted the % to dollars needed to match.

	10%	20%	30%	40%	50%	60%	70%	80%	90%	100%
A+	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000
A	1032	1063	1092	1119	1144	1170	1193	1217	1239	1259
A-	1065	1129	1192	1252	1311	1368	1425	1479	1534	1587
B+	1100	1199	1300	1401	1499	1600	1701	1802	1901	2000
B	1135	1274	1418	1567	1715	1869	2028	2188	2353	2519
B-	1172	1355	1550	1751	1965	2188	2421	2667	2915	3175
C+	1209	1439	1692	1961	2247	2558	2890	3236	3610	4000
C	1248	1529	1845	2193	2571	2994	3448	3937	4464	5051
C-	1289	1623	2016	2451	2950	3497	4115	4808	5525	6369
D+	1330	1727	2198	2747	3367	4098	4902	5848	6849	8000
D	1374	1835	2398	3067	3861	4785	5848	7092	8475	10101
D-	1416	1949	2618	3436	4425	5587	6993	8621	10526	12658

Posted by all2matt on 12/1/2012 2:59:00 PM (view original):
the C- vs the A+ does seem OK but the B vs A+ seem like much.   I would think of it in purdue vs indiana terms,  yes indy will get most of the hoosier staters but purdue has a great following too and i would think it wouldnt in real world cost be double?  but maybe Im thinking of this in the wrong way

B v. A+ wouldn't be Indiana v. Purdue in the WIS world.  In Phelan D1, there are 15 A+, 6 A, 13 A, 4 B+, 14 B. Purdue by no means is a top tier program, but I would be hard pressed to say they are in the tier of 38-52 ranked team in NCAA. 

Posted by tianyi7886 on 12/1/2012 7:41:00 PM (view original):

Posted by all2matt on 12/1/2012 2:59:00 PM (view original):
the C- vs the A+ does seem OK but the B vs A+ seem like much.   I would think of it in purdue vs indiana terms,  yes indy will get most of the hoosier staters but purdue has a great following too and i would think it wouldnt in real world cost be double?  but maybe Im thinking of this in the wrong way

B v. A+ wouldn't be Indiana v. Purdue in the WIS world.  In Phelan D1, there are 15 A+, 6 A, 13 A, 4 B+, 14 B. Purdue by no means is a top tier program, but I would be hard pressed to say they are in the tier of 38-52 ranked team in NCAA. 

That seems like a lot of a+'s.... I thought there'd be maybe 8-10 schools in that range. Jmo

Similar numbers in Knight - 15 A+, 5 A, 12 A-, 8 B+, 17 B. The Purdue program is B-.

Posted by lmschwarz on 12/1/2012 8:03:00 PM (view original):
Similar numbers in Knight - 15 A+, 5 A, 12 A-, 8 B+, 17 B. The Purdue program is B-.

I don't think allmatt is talking about purdue's prestige in WIS, but the distance between a program like Purdue to a program like Indiana in the real world. A program like Purdue under the WIS system would be more like a high B+ to A- range. With Indiana at A+, the edge would be between 30-60%, a big advantage to Indiana/A+ program but can be overcome by Purdue/the B+ A- program.