JwI don't know how other people feel, but I would rather have 3-4 giant international LANs every year than an entirely new league.
4 international LANs every year would be extremely expensive, meaning pretty much all of the prize pool money would have to be diverted to funding the lans. On top of this, it is extremely hard for a normal working person to find time in their schedule to travel across the world 4 times each year.
And why $40k per season? We'd be grateful with much less
Also, not to sound like a dick but I dont think we would be grateful for much less. Right now the prize pool is pretty much the only thing differentiating this from RGL, and considering how many times this league has been hyped up just to disappear, I find it hard to believe people are going to even bother with it unless there is a chance to win serious money.