If I can get a young scout I will always buy one. I know a lot of people say they are a bad deal, but the reality is that you can spend anywhere from 5 to 15 or more tokens bidding on a good player, then you have to spend another 50 Greens (45 tokens) to train them to the level of a scout and that is not considering a few injuries along the way. You end up paying more! The only value in my mind is that the regular players, if they are really good, stay with you longer.