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Critical Mass · 04-18-2018, 01:36 PM

So here is the issue I'm having, and I'm hoping someone can shed some light on it. I know this has been touched upon in previous versions, but I need an explanation.

So my scout is (presumably) traveling the world looking for talent. Every once in a while, he'll shoot me an email, saying he discovered "potential talent". "I found this 16 year-old kid named Erik Estrada who seems to have good skills and may pan out!"

He signs maybe 8-10 young kids each year, and each and every year, when I look at the kids, they are showing a half-star Overall (understandable) and a half-star potential (confusing).

How good can these kids be if they have NO POTENTIAL? It seems to me like my scout is just going into a low-class neighborhood in Argentina and putting up a sign that reads: "ANYBODY WANT TO PLAY BALL IN AMERICA? SIGN HERE."

I understand people may not pan out, but what I don't get is how he signs a kid that he knows is a half-star potential. Why do I need a scout to find kids who have NO POTENTIAL? Anybody can do that. He must think that they have SOME potential, why else would he sign them?

04-18-2018, 01:36 PM	#1
Critical Mass Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 273	International Scouting So here is the issue I'm having, and I'm hoping someone can shed some light on it. I know this has been touched upon in previous versions, but I need an explanation. So my scout is (presumably) traveling the world looking for talent. Every once in a while, he'll shoot me an email, saying he discovered "potential talent". "I found this 16 year-old kid named Erik Estrada who seems to have good skills and may pan out!" He signs maybe 8-10 young kids each year, and each and every year, when I look at the kids, they are showing a half-star Overall (understandable) and a half-star potential (confusing). How good can these kids be if they have NO POTENTIAL? It seems to me like my scout is just going into a low-class neighborhood in Argentina and putting up a sign that reads: "ANYBODY WANT TO PLAY BALL IN AMERICA? SIGN HERE." I understand people may not pan out, but what I don't get is how he signs a kid that he knows is a half-star potential. Why do I need a scout to find kids who have NO POTENTIAL? Anybody can do that. He must think that they have SOME potential, why else would he sign them?