Tough to imagine Messrs Infantino and Ceferin tuning into Sky Sports Cricket, I know.
But, given some of their batty brainwaves, perhaps they could do worse than listen to Dinesh Karthik.
Early in this third Test, Karthik articulated the power of a five-match series, the way it allows individual battles to marinate.
Battles like Jimmy Anderson vs Virat Kohli really develop over a five-match Test series
So why not try out the concept in football? Arsenal fans may wince at the thought of facing Romelu Lukaku over five games
He was talking James Anderson v Virat Kohli.