But again, keep in mind that there are a number of teams that pull from local talent that are amazingly good and get major exposure. The key is what events they play and who they play. Just like what was mentioned above, if the team you are on is playing the Canes and others like them then you will also be seen. The problem that exists as you move higher up the ladder then becomes playing time. A team like the Canes attracts a ton of attention and they will pull players from other Canes teams to go to events so you could be on a certain team but have your playing time "bumped" a little because of a player coming in from somewhere else. It is a double-edged sword...
Like I said earlier, there are some players that do well in this type of situation but there are others that would rather the team was in less of a state of flux. Doesn't mean one player is better than the other, just means that you have to really pay attention to the FIT of the player to the system as opposed to the number of players listed on the website that moved on to college. Because I know for a fact that there are teams out there touting players who have gone on to college via their system that actually played the bulk of their time and were recruited from elsewhere...
The Canes are very, very good at what they do but there are many other systems that have similar success, are less costly, provide much better training and give you son less of a beauty pagent experience...