Thanks Caco3girl, that is my general understanding as well of these types of events. However, the search I did on here indicated that the West Championships draw a lot of elite teams and scouts. I think the East version was new last year, so I was trying to figure out if it did/will draw elite competition this year. We are thinking it might be worth it if it is going to draw good competition and scouts. In other words, we are thinking this may provide good showcase type exposure rather than an actual chance at the national team.
2022 NYC, I'm curious as to why you would turn down the NDTP tournament invitation in favor of the NTIS path. It's my understanding that they are parallel paths to the development team/national team, but the tourney is one event instead of the 2-3 separate NTIS level tryouts. Hope you don't mind me asking, I'm just trying to make sure my understanding of the paths are correct.