I am looking at 2 players.  Player A is 310 miles from me and Player B is 360.  Player A cost $286 and $436 respectively for a Scouting Trip and Home Visit.  Player B while being less than an hour drive further cost $530 and $748 which is almost double.  The difference between Campus visits is much more in line with the difference in distance with Player A being $1038 and Player B at $1263.  Further examination shows Players C at 340 miles and Player D at 350 miles are $293 and $294 respectively for Scouting Trips.  This means that the additional 10 miles I would travel to see Player B over Player D would cost me about double.  Seems a little drastic.  Any thoughts?   

Posted by johnmacdan on 10/23/2011 3:05:00 AM (view original):
I am looking at 2 players.  Player A is 310 miles from me and Player B is 360.  Player A cost $286 and $436 respectively for a Scouting Trip and Home Visit.  Player B while being less than an hour drive further cost $530 and $748 which is almost double.  The difference between Campus visits is much more in line with the difference in distance with Player A being $1038 and Player B at $1263.  Further examination shows Players C at 340 miles and Player D at 350 miles are $293 and $294 respectively for Scouting Trips.  This means that the additional 10 miles I would travel to see Player B over Player D would cost me about double.  Seems a little drastic.  Any thoughts?   

One thought I have is that this is nonsensical and should be fixed.  The extra cost for scouting from 310 to 340 miles is $7.  From 340 to 350, $1.  From 350 to 360, $236.  Maybe the assumption is that above 350 miles they fly instead of drive for scouting.  But in real life nobody would say, well I will fly to that one that is 10 more miles away but drive to all the others.