Ask for evidence that makes the demonstration comparable and purchase-relevant. Use the following brief instead of an open-ended request to see the platform.
We are evaluating your service for [named recruitment task] across [competition-season combinations]. Please confirm the proposed users, entities, datasets, footage and historical scope.
We would like to test the same authorised player sample used for our incumbent baseline. Please provide a coverage inventory, known limitations, sample report or export, relevant documentation and the proposed commercial schedule.
During the trial, please distinguish additional evidence from information available through our existing sources. Demonstrate missing-data handling, corrections and the route from a conclusion to its supporting data or footage.
Please also identify the contractual permissions required for [database storage, internal modelling, external AI processing, contractor access or group sharing]. Mark anything not included in the quoted package.
Prepare three work products before the meeting:
- Overlap Audit: what the club already owns and uses.
- NWSL Coverage Gap Map or MLS coverage matrix: the exact evidence that remains missing.
- Same-Shortlist Trial Kit: shared tasks, hard gates and scoring rules.
A useful evaluation should be able to conclude “retain the current stack”. If the process cannot reach that outcome, it is not an independent buying test.