The reason that so many people are complaining is because most find it not worthwhile to invest money at all to the scouts - much better off buying directly from the market. Even for the bottom teams who get the first few picks, they are still not guaranteed to benefit from the draft system (money invested in scouts>value of draftees). So I would like to offer a quick fix here: why not lower the scout cost, for example, by 50%? Because currently I think the scout is an investment too risky for most team - fair return, but very high risk. It is punishing the top teams for investing any money at all, which I don't think that is the purpose?