im absolutely in support of the NA tourneys and lft every month but dont get picked up
might be a stigma for anyone who isnt invite level to not want to set up teams and play because they'd need to gather 6 dedicated players for a weekend only to help grant vincent earn money
i put together an open-level team for the new map cup back in early 2017. our first game was against froyotech and we got rolled so hard most of my squad just didnt want to play the last couple of matches. im not saying this is what happens to every non-invite/prem team that plays in these, but its really hard to want to clear up time over the weekend and play in a tournament you have close to no chance of winning anything in.
im dumb as a stump so take what i say with a grain of salt, but i feel like the best way to encourage teams to sign up is to seclude top-level teams into their own divison for the tourney, rather than building a tournament bracket thats as predictable as march madness on easy mode