It not really a bias to our fan base, but most of those services lean toward rating guys higher based on subscriptions for said fan base. Miami doesn't have the amount of subscribers that those other places do.
I've seen this logic and it's dumb every time. If the goal was to rank players in such a way that would encourage new subscribers, you'd want to target the fan bases where subscriptions are lower because that's your greatest opportunity. You're not maximizing the potential for the highest number of new subscribers if your target customer is the same fan base over and over. Everything in life isn't binary, but it's easier (for some) to think in those terms because they want to serve a conjured narrative that sounds fun. Spoiler: There is no outright bias for any team in a way that's meaningful by any service.
Ha ha ok. Which service do you work for? I've seen it many times over the years. Kid gets bumped once he receives an offer from a certain school. Which if they were actually evaluating players they would just bump a kid after he gets an offer.
Look, if a kid is a 2* early, then saban offers him wouldn't you want to reevaluate? Is it likely that saban is that wrong about a kid, or that the ratings people maybe overlooked a kid? saban's the fcking devil, but he's pretty good at judging talent so when he thinks highly of a kid and you don't, guess who I'm going with?
Now, maybe they get the bump without a reevaluation- maybe the services just assume the kid is better than they first thought, but they're probably right more often than not.
