My thoughts are that it's just a ****y financial move by the bigger teams. Just shows that they couldn't give two flying ****s about their regular fans.
Don't think it will work as Scotland has its own league with big Clubs like Brechin and Forfar. Can't see Barcelona making any inroads with that sort of competition.
All part of the Superleague plan - there's plenty of money in the likes of Miami, less so in Africa. Get the Yanks etc invested in Barca etc and you are well on your way - they prefer success over any sort of local team loyalty