Great post - different people have different tastes. What one person may like, someone else may not, and the only way to decide is to give it a thorough try. I have found it easy to learn, but if anyone has any questions once they get going, please site mail me and I will be happy to share anything I have learned in Beta.
I am going to update the post, because the scouting budgets have been tweaked since last year, and FSS is now $15 per player instead of $10. Any other new things that have happened will be updated.