{
  "id": 250379,
  "title": "How Automated Officiating Could End Star Treatment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/how-automated-officiating-could-end-star-treatment",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-07T04:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sportico",
    "slug": "sportico",
    "url": "https://www.sportico.com/business/tech/2026/automated-officiating-can-end-star-treatment-1234940965/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Today’s guest column is from professors John Cairney and Rick Burton. Every sport has its own version of star treatment. NBA fans have long suspected the biggest names, from MJ to SGA, get foul calls that role players do not. NFL supporters argue franchise quarterbacks are more carefully protected than their less prominent counterparts. Soccer fans think the […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}