re: Do people take these SPARQ competitions serious?

Oh the mat is bs - those numbers are all for show but the rest of the scores are ok. The problem with SPARQ is that it favors smaller guys over bigger ones. So you kinda have to know that a lineman posting a 100 or better is outrageously good and adjust it all yourself. None of the SPARQ measurements are the end all be all but they do help a lot of prospects get noticed, especially under the radar prospects - that's what they're best for (lot of kids at small schools will start getting looked at and considered if they post a good SPARQ when before no one paid any attention to the tape they were sending out).