[kcroyalgm]

The new scouting system is great by design but seriously flawed in its implementation (at least for on-line leagues).

In OOTP7/8 international scouting finds were exclusively available to the team whose scout found him. The find was supposed to go into the free agent pool after a period of time but never did.

In OOTP9 the find does indeed go into the free agent pool, but he goes there much too quickly. For example, my most recent find was discovered on 6/16 and on 6/17 he was in the FA pool for all to sign. So you can see than in an on-line league that sims 7 days at a time, the free agent becomes available to everyone before the finding team has a chance to make an exclusive offer.

I spent a significant higher than normal amount of money in my scouting budget on international scouting. That is now money spent for no reason since it appears that every player uncovered by my international scouting is available to everyone in the league at the same time as me. I could spend $0 on international scouting and just sit back and make offers to the finds of other teams.

I'd like to cut my international scouting budget significantly but I cannot until the next preseason.