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Preserving America's Game

President Donald Trump’s executive order declares that the Army-Navy Game should have an exclusive national broadcast window, free from conflicts with the College Football Playoff or other postseason college football games. It directs the Secretary of Commerce and the Chairman of the FCC to work with the CFP, the NCAA, broadcasters, and other relevant groups to try to reserve that window so no other college football game airs at the same time. The order also tells the FCC Chairman to consider whether broadcasters’ public-interest obligations support treating the Army-Navy Game as a national service event. Trump says the order was issued to preserve the traditional spotlight on the Army-Navy Game and prevent other college football scheduling from distracting from what the order calls a morale-building event for the Military Service Academies.