If you are only using SV's to get recruits to consider you, then you are really only scratching the surface of what you can do while recruiting. In most cases, Campus Visits (CV) and Home Visits (HV) are the most cost efficient options when recruiting. If a player is <370 miles from you, HV's are the best mass recruiting option. Past 360 miles CV's become the better option. At extreme distances (internationals) sending out mass recruit calls and material packets become the best, but be careful because too many will **** off the recruit. There is some debate where this cutoff is, but I don't send more than 80 of each.
Here is a great thread on this rarely discussed strategy.
It is also possible to get a recruit to consider you for the $110 special, which is a promised start + scholarship.
Since I've gotten to D1, I have very rarely used SV's. In lower levels they are the best option when trying to pull down a player, and of course they still have their use when determining high/high potentials.
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