The Russian league actually recently agreed to switch to a traditional schedule. Maybe we should keep an eye on them.
PS. The President of CONMEBOL has said that he wants MLS teams in Copa Libertadores. Can you imagine a Vancouver vs. Boca Jrs? The flight alone would be lethal.
Lisbon to Moscow - 8:15 actual travel time (including a 40 minute layover) + 2 hours for time zones
Seattle to Buenos Aires - 17:45 actual travel time (including a 3 hour layover) + 5 hours for time zones. If Seattle has a Wednesday against Boca, they leave SeaTac at 9:00am on Monday and will arrive at 7:45 am on Tuesday in Buenos Aires. They play Wednesday and then get on the plane at 9:00 am Thursday. They arrive back in Seattle at 9:45pm on Thursday night. That just ain't gonna work.
Plus some of those douche-baggie Seattle fans would travel to Buenos Aires to try to show the locals what real support looks like, and we'd have an international incident on our hands.
A CONCACAF Champions League will work, especially when it's correctly apportioned with more MLS and FMF teams. Once the next World Cup vote is done, and England and the US get their cups, maybe the big countries can throw their weight around and get rid of Blatter and his corrupt cronies like Jack Warner. This will lead to end of over representation of Central American and Caribbean minnows, and maybe some actual money to develop the game in second and third tier countries.
What I really want is the end of the Gold Cup and true hemispheric cup played immediately after the Euros.