Preserving America's Game

Key Points

• Trump signed an order to ensure the Army-Navy Game remains the only college football game broadcast on the second Saturday of December. This move protects the game's traditional time slot from being crowded out by the expanding College Football Playoff schedule.
• The Secretary of Commerce and the FCC will work with the NCAA and media companies to create an "exclusive window" for the game. This means fans won't have to choose between watching the service academies and watching high-stakes playoff games.
• The order claims that scheduling other games at the same time weakens national focus on the military and hurts morale. It asks the FCC to consider if TV stations have a duty to keep the Army-Navy Game as a special national service event.

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