How to Differentiate Between Rivals.com and Scout.com

In a growing demand for coverage of college sports and high school recruiting news, rivals.com and scout.com have emerged as the two dominant Web site to access the latest information on major college programs and upcoming recruits.While both have a lot in common (sites dedicated to specific teams, premium articles, videos and message boards). There are some key differences between the two sites.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• a computer with Internet access

The differences between rivals.com and scout.com

1. Affiliations/PartnershipsScout.com has a partnership with FoxSports.com and MSN. Rivals.com has a partnership with Yahoo!

2. What does rivals.com offer that scout.com doesn't?Rivals.com's coverage of amateur sports is more varied. Rivals has pages dedicated to college baseball. This is something that scout.com does not have. Rivals also covers high school baseball, softball, soccer (boys and girls) and volleyball (boys and girls). While the coverage may not be as thorough as it is with basketball and football, Rivals covers them while Scout.com does not.

3. What does scout.com offer that rivals.com doesn't?While rivals.com sticks exclusively to amateur sports, scout.com has extensive coverage of the pro sports as well. Scout.com has a page dedicated to each team in the four major professional sports (MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL). They also have coverage of NASCAR, the WNBA and Arena Football. Like their college counterparts, each pro team page has exclusive premium content on the site.The other thing that scout.com has which rivals.com doesn't, is a page for women's basketball recruiting. It should be noted that the coverage of girl's basketball recruiting pales in comparison to the recruiting coverage for men's basketball or football.