Again - I thank you for the info and discussion. It only makes sense to share this info because I would much rather have this game filled with humans than AI. And if new players such as myself don't have some satisfaction in the experience because the computer program has hidden or unexplained priorities, prejudices, etc. then many potential players will be turned off by the experience.

As I noted earlier, I think I had at least 5 good recruits who were leaning my way but then went elsewhere ... I think all (or most) were signed by Sim coaches.

SIMs recruit differently from humans. They start with interest in a certain number of recruits, and add a certain amount of interest each cycle with no limit. The only time they stop is when a human pushes them off the recruit, so if you've got a recruit yellow with a SIM on them, the SIM will eventually get them if you don't do enough to turn the recruit green. The longer a SIM is on a recruit, the more interest it'll build up, so it's best to jump on SIM recruits fast and hard to minimize the cost.

jorba I also sent you a sitemail in case you had other questions.