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are you referring to the Moneyball movie or the book that the movie was based on? Because at the root of both was the story of how the A's implement the research of Bill James into their player evaluations, which started the sabermetric trend. This new way to look at players wasn't about ignoring potential it was about not looking at the right things, like on-base instead of batting average, amongst many other elements.
Real life scouting reports absolutely have potential ratings involved. I've written them myself in fact. Often you will find a prospect that has a current 35 hit tool, but at their ceiling they could be a 55 grade, so you rate them as 35/55 for that tool. Potential ratings are very much a part of the real life process and teams often create their own metrics and formulas for OFP (overall future potential) based on the tools that they are looking for/grading.
If potential wasn't being included in the evaluation process at all then the guys that fly through the minors only to end up as quad-A types would see a whole lot more professional playing time since their current tools are higher rated than those with higher ceilings. The art of player evaluation is a balance between determining their current ability and what it MIGHT become as they progress, mixing that with various metrics for forecasting their progression, and the entire player development system within the organization.
Potential isn't a cheat code because at the foundation of the game these players, whether in real life or in OOTP, still need to develop and that variance is where the unknown element lays. If you have TCR set to 0 then there would be no variance and then yes, you could convince me that potential ratings are a cheat code, but with any TCR variance at all, then there's no way to know IF that player will actually meet their ceiling.
There are plenty of players who have never reached their potential and fell to the wayside during their developmental process just like there are plenty of players that burst onto the scene after having been written off with a low ceiling.
As for the Potential Rating being turned off, thanks for the clarification on that. I thought that might turn off all potential ratings for the tools and not just the listed main Potential rating.
Cheers
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