I think I can confirm this. As far as I can remember, I cut my investment to $0 either before the season or very, very early in the season. I can currently see star ratings for 12 prospects, and potential ratings for 2 of those 12.
Scouting for next season starts during the playoffs, so you may have some scouting left over.
I can see 27 prospects plus 7 potentials. Which pretty much matches my scouting effort of 2/week. Maybe a little bit more info, since the season is 14 weeks.