[NoOne]

it factors with it.. they all affect accuracy. fewer inflated ratings, fewer undrerated players etc...

not sure if tiered or conintuous... if tiered we'd want to find threshold of 'change'.. then not spend between those thresholds because it'd be a waste of money.

A*B*C etc...each on their own important to be as high of quality as possible or highest money possible etc.

all relative to your scout, or you can think of your scout relative to the budget, it doesn't matter how you learn to see it.

take a short-term hit to sign a better scout anytime you can.. once oyu hve them you can keep them long-term but keep eye out for next 'young' great scout and switch as soon as you can. it's worth eating a few hundred thousand or even a million+ dollars in most cases.

EDIT: important tidbit... 'generated' IAFA and IFA are not inernational scouting. only players in international leagues fall under international scouting... so IAFA -> amatuer budget and IFA are MLB budget. if you do not have international leagues, zero out international budget...

*** not sure about scouting discoveries.. may have a negative impact, but even so likely outweighed by benefit of dumping millions of dollars into the other 3 scouting budgets. especially if you spend ~24M on scouting. 8*3 or 6-10-8 / 6-8-10 are great options relative to context of draft position and how you typically get your best players.