I know you're paying more money to recruit a guy further away, but what affect does distance have in the recruiting process?

Quote: Originally Posted By colonels19 on 1/03/2010I know you're paying more money to recruit a guy further away, but what affect does distance have in the recruiting process

That's the effect.

And now, some small affect based on the recruits desire to play close to or far from home.

distance has the following effects

1. reduced costs

2. tiny close to home or far from home preference

3. unless they got rid of it, the special within 70 miles effect where you can get a kid to pay attention despite what would otherwise be inadequate prestige - see zhawks guide and the related dev chat for more on this

plus

4. indirectly, the further away from your school you go the more competiting schools are likely to be nearby or closer - so there are the above effects on your recruiting efforts and also a dynamic effect from the efforts of others

Quote: Originally Posted By metsmax on 1/04/2010
distance has the following effects

1. reduced costs

2. tiny close to home or far from home preference

3. unless they got rid of it, the special within 70 miles effect where you can get a kid to pay attention despite what would otherwise be inadequate prestige - see zhawks guide and the related dev chat for more on this

plus

4. indirectly, the further away from your school you go the more competiting schools are likely to be nearby or closer - so there are the above effects on your recruiting efforts and also a dynamic effect from the efforts of others

Thank you, I appreciate the helpfulness and civility of your post. Take care.

One additional important piece of info. Recruiting costs vs. distance is not a linear function. Its more of a step function for the you math majors.

0-200 is pretty linear, then a big jump to 210-350 then a big jump at 360 and the its pretty linear to around 1500 or something.

Basically 400 miles and 800 miles are almost the same, but 340 and 370 are like 50% different. And 190 vs. 210 is about 30% different.

So unless you are sure you won't be challenged, recruiting at more than 350 miles is pretty tough without a prestige advantage.