What you get for your money:
I did a trial subscription and ended up keeping it over Signing Day one year. There are some worthwhile parts. The interviews with recruits can be interesting, but sometimes get repetitive. You can tell some of the kids are tired of answering the same questions about where they want to go to school, but some get a kick out of it still and have fun with it. The interviews with current players can be very cool, but Clone Zone supplies me with enough of that. What always bugged me was the fact that quite often (not always) a lot of what is posted was transcripts of press conferences or even actual press releases from Iowa State that is branded as premium. I have no problem with interviews and articles being something you have to pay for - in fact, that's the way it should be. But if you didn't write it, it's hard for me to swallow making others pay for it.
As for the knowledge of who has committed, yeah, I think that's a bit ridiculous to pay for just to have a few days early. But at the same time it can be fun. One thing to remember is that the "bigger" the committ in terms of talent, the sooner other people will find out about it. If Paul knows about it, it's virtually a guarantee that someone on this board does. If it's exciting enough, someone will let us know. If it's a run of the mill player who has been looking at us for awhile and everyone knows it, it may take awhile to learn about, but it won't exactly shock you anyways. Just my thoughts.
