Maintenance in progress

the 2026 world cup ended but its governance crisis is only starting: the 46-nation council of europe issued an open letter saying 'the next crisis has already begun' and naming money and power, citing fifa's reversal of a player ban after pressure from the us president. separately, new jersey's attorney general subpoenaed fifa's ticketing data for eight metlife stadium games including the final. a continental human-rights body and a us state prosecutor moving against fifa in the same week is structurally unusual — the spectacle is over and the machinery beneath it is being pried open.

european institutional statements and us state legal filings