This has probably been discussed before, but I have never really paid attention...
At the very beginning of recruiting, Is there a standard amount that a SIM school spends on the players who are considering them before actual human recruiting begins?
I have an A+ prestige D3 program and had targeted 3 very good players I wanted and was trying to pick up a project player to fill my 4th and final scholarship. The 3 players I wanted were all D2 pulldowns, and all ended up signing with me (spent: $3638, $2322, and $1790 on these players). The project player I targeted was not highly ranked (390 overall skill rating) and showed up on my D3 board, so was not a pull down. He was also targeted by a SIM on that early cycle. I spent $2815 (11 EV's, 3 HV's, call, package, scholly)on this player, and it wasn't until the very last cycle before signings began where I spent my last $600 that he even considered me. He still hasn't signed, so obviously I made it very close, but I never got a scholarship status email change, so he is not going to sign with me.
So my question again...is there a stock amount that SIMS spend and/or is it directly proportional to the # of scholarships they have available? For instance this particular SIM had 4 scholarships and only targeted 2 players...are they in essence spending $6,000 on each of those players? I just never in a million years expected to spend close to 3k on a project D3 prospect and not be able to get him away from SIMMY!