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The Officiating Crisis Comes for the World Cup
Referees and VAR dominate the headlines again. The deeper question is whether the global game can govern itself when every disputed call now travels at algorithmic speed.
Desk note: The wire line on the 2026 World Cup has been dominated by prize money and roster politics. Monexus is framing this tournament through the trust collapse in officiating, because the equal-pay decision demonstrates that the federations can move quickly when they choose to — and the gap between that pace and the pace of officiating reform is itself the news.
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