President Donald Trump issued an executive order last Friday to establish an “exclusive window” for the broadcast of the legendary Army-Navy game.
The order was signed ahead of the potential College Football Playoff expansion that could conflict with the game, a standalone matchup that annually gives the service academies the national spotlight.
More specifically, there has been discussion about a 16-team CFP that would include two games, one between seeds No. 16 and No. 13 and one between seeds No. 15 and No. 14, on the day of Army-Navy, as previously reported by Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger.
The order directs the Secretary of Commerce and FCC chair to coordinate with the CFP committee and the NCAA, among others, with “the goal of establishing an exclusive window for the Army-Navy Game, during which no other college football game is broadcast.”
Friday’s executive order arrives about two months after Trump teased it. In January, he released a statement on Truth Social about protecting the Army-Navy game.
“Under my Administration, the second Saturday in December belongs to Army-Navy, and ONLY Army-Navy!” he wrote at the time.
While an executive order doesn’t need congressional approval, it can be challenged in court.
