Build a Roster-Based Playing Time Analyzer for College Recruits

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   Own one sport's public data completely

   Rosters, class years, positions, and box-score minutes or innings are public on athletic department sites and stats platforms. Pick one sport (soccer, softball, and volleyball are data-rich and underserved next to football) and build reliable parsers for a few hundred programs across divisions.

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   Model the questions families actually ask

   Who graduates before this recruit arrives, how many players sit at the position by class, how often do freshmen at this program actually play, and does the coach recruit over commitments? Turn those into a per-program fit readout with the reasoning shown, not a black-box score.

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   Sell the report at the decision moment

   A per-recruit report comparing their real target list, priced far below one showcase weekend, purchased when offers or interest lists exist and the family must choose. Marketing lives where recruiting anxiety lives: club team parent groups, recruiting forums, and coach newsletters.

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   Add the club coach tier

   Club and high school coaches advise dozens of athletes a year and want to look informed; a dashboard tier for teams turns one sale into thirty athletes and makes coaches your distribution. Their credibility also disciplines your accuracy.

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   Keep the honesty covenant

   Never promise offers, never sell exposure, and be plain that depth charts change with transfers and injuries; you are quantifying odds from public evidence, not guaranteeing outcomes. The transfer portal era makes rosters more volatile and your updated-data subscription more valuable, but only if you say both truthfully.

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   Refresh with the roster cycle

   Signing periods, the transfer portal windows, and season rosters set your update calendar. Sell season-long access with refresh alerts on the recruit's target schools rather than a one-shot PDF that goes stale by spring.

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