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Each league of 16 teams is given a pool of 48 players. There is no way to make these players better.

What scouting does, is give you more information about those 48 players. Because you started fairly late in last season, you didn't have much scouting information.

Currently, there are a lot of unowned teams in your league. If this is true at the end of the season, these teams will be drafting totally blindly. So if you simply know a lot of players who are "5" you may get 2 or 3 of them. So scouting 2 players per week should give you enough or an edge.

On the other hand, because Macedonia has relatively few teams, you have a chance to get some of the best (future NT players), so it might pay off for you to invest more.

Or you could hold back on your scouting, and use the money to buy players from the TL, After the draft at the end of the season, teanm will either be selling their draftees, or other players being displaced by draftees.

Because you started fairly late in last season, you didn't have much scouting information.

that should be incorrect. BB adds some info for teams that arrive later on...

I recall getting a decent amount of info when I started playing, and in fact the scouting I did was already going towards the next season, so normally I shuold have gotten any info at all. Last season, for which I did scout the entire season, I got as much, or maybe a little less info.
So it is in my belief that BB gives teams who didn't had a chance of scouting properly a scouting of 10k/week, for the weeks they where not in the game yet, to prevent an unfair situation during the draft.

Because you started fairly late in last season, you didn't have much scouting information.

that should be incorrect. BB adds some info for teams that arrive later on...

I recall getting a decent amount of info when I started playing, and in fact the scouting I did was already going towards the next season, so normally I shuold have gotten any info at all. Last season, for which I did scout the entire season, I got as much, or maybe a little less info.
So it is in my belief that BB gives teams who didn't had a chance of scouting properly a scouting of 10k/week, for the weeks they where not in the game yet, to prevent an unfair situation during the draft.

The original player has been through the draft last season - so he knows how much information he had (whether or not that was "not much" or a "decent amount").

I started toward the end of Season 2, playing the final 3 regular season games. I had not found the scouting setting until after the draft list had been prepared.

In season 3, I had 10k early on, but then dropped that back to 5K, and I had about same amount of information as Season 2 - so the default may be 5K/week.

For a team in a league with a lot of bots or inactive teams, 5K is probably sufficient. You'll know of several 5's, and with other teams picking randomly likely to get a couple.

On the other hand if you spend a lot more so that you know not only which is a 5, but an A+, and his position, and you draft 16th, someone else is going to blunder into him.

This season with a filled league (and more revenue from a higher division), I've bumped my investment to 10K. Currently I would have the 15th pick, so I might bump it up to 20K. Simply to make sure I get a 4 or 5 for my 1st round pick.

How do you get the scouting information for the draft? Do you see it before the draft or is it just that you get better players if you invest?

You will see the info before the draft so you can rank the players.

when does the draft take place?

while im at it, what day does the training take effect

draft is in the break after the season.
trainingupdatetime for your country you find find in the Weekly Schedule of the rules -> http://www.buzzerbeater.org/BBWeb/rules.aspx

thanks