I don’t understand why the hell teams reject NIT etc invites

They arnt the “real” tournament but it’s still an opportunity to win something, shit imma competitor if there’s something to win i want to win whatever it is. Do the teams that sit at home see whoever it is win the NIT and be like damn that coulda been us, we would’ve put that team to work. The way i look at it the NIT trophy would sit in the same shrine on campus as the NCAA one would.