# What is the desk’s purchasing stance for Q1?


**Re-test what you already license, then fund the smallest addition that closes a verified recruitment gap.** This is our recommended buying approach—not a prediction of supplier prices, product launches or sporting results.

The evidence behind it is concrete: Catapult has added video scouting to IMPECT, Hudl has introduced built-in AI summaries, and a Hudl–Sports Interactive agreement connects products that might otherwise appear to be wholly separate intelligence sources. Each development warrants a fresh overlap audit rather than an automatic purchase or cancellation. ([catapult.com](https://www.catapult.com/blog/catapult-launches-impect-video-scouting))