WHY DO THIS?

ksrbluesbrother

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May 23, 2002
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Why has all this "change" taken place? Who is responsible for this upheaval? Just wondering.
 

RexBowie

Heisman
Apr 25, 2023
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Corporate merger. That simple. Shannon Terry started Rivals then sold it, then started On3 and bought back Rivals. I’m sure there are other parties involved but he’s the front man. Yahoo also still has some stake in On3 apparently
 

UKfan2151

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Oct 1, 2003
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I'm curious what happens with the recruit databases and the scouts who help rank these recruits. Will there continue to be separate databases between the On3 and Rivals evaluation teams? Or will they be merged? For now at least, it seems the Rivals ratings are still showing up in the cumulative player rankings/ratings.

BTW, whatever happened to the old Scout.com sites? Did they simply go out of business or did On3 or 24/7 acquire them? I can't remember. Someone should bring Scout back just so we'll have a 4th recruit ranking/rating system to maintain the status quo. LOL.
 
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I'm curious what happens with the recruit databases and the scouts who help rank these recruits. Will there continue to be separate databases between the On3 and Rivals evaluation teams? Or will they be merged? For now at least, it seems the Rivals ratings are still showing up in the cumulative player rankings/ratings.

BTW, whatever happened to the old Scout.com sites? Did they simply go out of business or did On3 or 24/7 acquire them? I can't remember. Someone should bring Scout back just so we'll have a 4th recruit ranking/rating system to maintain the status quo. LOL.
Scout was was bought by 247 Sports in 2017

Terry Shannon started AllianceSports in 1995 and then sold in to Rivals.com in 2000 for $3 million. He then turned around and bought Rivals.com in 2001 for $500,000 after Rivals.com parent company went bankrupt.

Terry’s investment group sold Rivals.com to Yahoo in 2007 for roughly $98 million.

Terry founded 247Sports in 2010 and sold it to CBS Sports in 2015

Terry then founded On3 in 2021
 
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ZaytovenCat

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Scout was was bought by 247 Sports in 2017

Terry Shannon started AllianceSports in 1995 and then sold in to Rivals.com in 2000 for $3 million. He then turned around and bought Rivals.com in 2001 for $500,000 after Rivals.com parent company went bankrupt.

Terry’s investment group sold Rivals.com to Yahoo in 2007 for roughly $98 million.

Terry founded 247Sports in 2010 and sold it to CBS Sports in 2015

Terry then founded On3 in 2021
lol damn that Terry guy is a genius. 😂
 

*Fox2Monk*

Heisman
Jun 10, 2009
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Scout was was bought by 247 Sports in 2017

Terry Shannon started AllianceSports in 1995 and then sold in to Rivals.com in 2000 for $3 million. He then turned around and bought Rivals.com in 2001 for $500,000 after Rivals.com parent company went bankrupt.

Terry’s investment group sold Rivals.com to Yahoo in 2007 for roughly $98 million.

Terry founded 247Sports in 2010 and sold it to CBS Sports in 2015

Terry then founded On3 in 2021
Heck of a business man but it suck’s he owned them all and we have to keep switching and losing all our history. Ugh.
 

CRZ4UK

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Jun 6, 2008
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Mark Cuban sold 3 internet businesses and made himself one of the wealthiest Americans. All 3 websites he sold went bankrupt. Lol
Merica!
 
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Anon1751820223

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Jul 6, 2025
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Wow this site is dog@#$%. Good luck with it. I'm going for a better option. And if there is none, I just will do without. Really clear way to let us know you don't care about us.
 
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W1LDCAT22

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Jan 10, 2013
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Wow, woke up today finding that this site has gone through quite the changes lmao
 

DKersey

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Jul 29, 2023
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I have my doubts that this site Will Survive and predicting it'll be gone within 2 years time and the new buyer will not survive at all
 
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Goingfor9

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Jan 27, 2003
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They have tried to make us welcomed. They did have to do any of that. I know it would be a lot of unhappy cat fans but they seem to have gone the extra mile. I think @Matt Jones had something to do with that. So be grateful. I am
 
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TheBlueMist

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Feb 5, 2004
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My biggest complaint is that we will no longer have people necro threads from 10 years ago to make another member look like an idiot for not being able to see into the future. I will miss the pointing and laughing.
 

Col. Angus

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Apr 7, 2017
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Scout was was bought by 247 Sports in 2017

Terry Shannon started AllianceSports in 1995 and then sold in to Rivals.com in 2000 for $3 million. He then turned around and bought Rivals.com in 2001 for $500,000 after Rivals.com parent company went bankrupt.

Terry’s investment group sold Rivals.com to Yahoo in 2007 for roughly $98 million.

Terry founded 247Sports in 2010 and sold it to CBS Sports in 2015

Terry then founded On3 in 2021
Terry gonna have this sheeit sold by 2030 and we get to it all over again :D
 

HagginHall1999

Heisman
Oct 19, 2018
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Scout was was bought by 247 Sports in 2017

Terry Shannon started AllianceSports in 1995 and then sold in to Rivals.com in 2000 for $3 million. He then turned around and bought Rivals.com in 2001 for $500,000 after Rivals.com parent company went bankrupt.

Terry’s investment group sold Rivals.com to Yahoo in 2007 for roughly $98 million.

Terry founded 247Sports in 2010 and sold it to CBS Sports in 2015

Terry then founded On3 in 2021

Sounds like a smart fella