OSA (The OOTP Scouting Association)

In OOTP, in addition to individual team scouting directors, there also exists an unbiased scouting agency known as the OOTP Scouting Association (OSA). OSA scouts players on a regular basis, and can provide a second data point for you in analyzing scouting reports. Even if you fire your scouting director, OSA can still provide you with some data on players. Unfortunately, OSA is woefully understaffed, and as a result, OSA only updates player scouting reports annually. OSA scouts are also woefully underpaid, and as a result, they are rarely as accurate as your own staff. As with all scouting, the younger the player is, the less likely OSA scouting reports are to be accurate. Most scouting directors who are available for hire will provide better information than the OSA scouts do. The bottom line is that you should use your own scouting department's information as a primary source of data.

Turning scouting off eliminates the team scouts. OSA continues to function and becomes 100% accurate.

On any game screens that display ratings, there are Scouting or Ratings Scouted By drop-down at the top of the screen that allows you to choose whether to view the OSA scouting data, or that of your scouting director.