Why scouting services are both necessary and evil

In my inbox today there was an email from a Florida high school running back named Fabian Moreau. "My dream is to be a Duck," he wrote, and he sent along a link to his recruiting video and a list of his measurables:

40-4.38
Shuttle-4.08
Broad jump-10’3
Vertical-34
GPA-3.4
ACT-20

According to the website varsityedge.com, very year there are about 250,000 senior high school football players, and there are roughly 2500 scholarships available at the Division one level.

Moreau is listed at 6-0, 170 pounds. These were his stats, last year as a junior:

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