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BumRushDaShow

(169,164 posts)
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 02:42 PM 23 hrs ago

Trump issues executive order requiring CFP to avoid broadcasting conflicts with Army-Navy game

Source: AP

Updated 2:26 PM EDT, March 20, 2026


WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday barring College Football Playoff and other postseason games from airing during the annual Army-Navy matchup in December.

Trump directed the commerce secretary and the FCC chairman to coordinate with the playoff committee, the NCAA and media rights partners to ensure an exclusive broadcasting window for the storied rivalry traditionally played the second Saturday each December.

Trump’s order makes reference to potential expansion of the CFP, which likely would lead to an earlier start for the playoff. In the first two years of the 12-team format, the first-round games were the weekend after Army-Navy. This year, Army-Navy is scheduled for Dec. 12 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the home of the NFL’s New York Giants and Jets. The CFP first-round games are set for Dec. 18-19.

If the playoff were to expand to 24 teams, a model that has been discussed, at least one more week of games would be required. Starting the postseason earlier in December would be a consideration. A smaller expansion to 16 games wouldn’t necessarily change the number of weeks required for the playoff.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-army-navy-game-cfp-05a8a6888b21f1f6bac3feee8f34cef6



Let's see if the cowardly broadcast media relent to being told what to broadcast and when.
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Trump issues executive order requiring CFP to avoid broadcasting conflicts with Army-Navy game (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago OP
Wow, he is really going out of his way to try and suck up to his "maga base". They must be dwindling. Walleye 23 hrs ago #1
I very much doubt . . . AverageOldGuy 18 hrs ago #16
See? He loves our service members! Harker 23 hrs ago #2
As we saw, he can't even flip a coin. cloudbase 17 hrs ago #18
I'm sure he's palmed a few. Harker 17 hrs ago #21
The CFP... ruet 23 hrs ago #3
Perhaps a Counter-offer? Roy Rolling 6 hrs ago #29
You need to be dead by December Submariner 23 hrs ago #4
How they hell has he survived this long newdeal2 15 hrs ago #23
This is what he's doing with his time? belpejic 23 hrs ago #5
Has he dictated how many squares we can use when we go to the bathroom? Vinca 23 hrs ago #6
He should make it unlimited..... lastlib 21 hrs ago #10
*sigh* They already do except for maybe FBS DII&III playoff games underpants 23 hrs ago #7
Apparently he has nothing better to do. C_U_L8R 23 hrs ago #8
He has already chosen the winner despite calling them all losers. IroniKKK. twodogsbarking 21 hrs ago #9
It is irrelevant because there is not now nor has there ever been a scheduling conflict Wiz Imp 20 hrs ago #11
IIRC BumRushDaShow 19 hrs ago #12
Response from the CFP jmowreader 19 hrs ago #13
LOL, Spurious News Network Brother Buzz 17 hrs ago #19
one suspects he has no say over cable, internet etc only over the air FCC controlled TV msongs 18 hrs ago #14
I served . . . AverageOldGuy 18 hrs ago #15
He has ZERO legal authority to direct them to do this. How F**king Tyrannical is that?????? Ford_Prefect 17 hrs ago #17
Little snowflake b!+(hes! maspaha 17 hrs ago #20
Will the media tell him we /they have a First Amendment thingy................ turbinetree 15 hrs ago #22
So this is what he does with his time rpannier 9 hrs ago #24
Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy. Again. Scrivener7 8 hrs ago #25
He is showing his fundamental misunderstanding johnnyfins 7 hrs ago #26
Army-Navy is already the only college game on TV at the day and time it's scheduled Deminpenn 7 hrs ago #27
I know - this was never a conflict. 617Blue 3 hrs ago #32
Bone Spurs Bowl wolfie001 6 hrs ago #28
Such a little tyrant, banging his fists on the table and shouting orders at everyone ms liberty 4 hrs ago #30
He intends to use that dedicated time slot for propaganda. Mr. Mustard 2023 3 hrs ago #31

Walleye

(44,653 posts)
1. Wow, he is really going out of his way to try and suck up to his "maga base". They must be dwindling.
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 02:46 PM
23 hrs ago

They have to have something to be angry about or they don’t have any identity at all

AverageOldGuy

(3,771 posts)
16. I very much doubt . . .
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 08:20 PM
18 hrs ago

. . . that the typical MAGAt could tell us why there is an Army-Navy game.

Harker

(17,745 posts)
2. See? He loves our service members!
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 02:53 PM
23 hrs ago

I doubt he has any greater understanding of football than an average second grader.

Roy Rolling

(7,618 posts)
29. Perhaps a Counter-offer?
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 08:00 AM
6 hrs ago

Offer respects on the one year the game is celebrated as the Trump Memorial Army-Navy Tribute Excursion.

newdeal2

(5,348 posts)
23. How they hell has he survived this long
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 10:39 PM
15 hrs ago

It’s a damn shame when good people die and this asshole still lives after eating hamburgers his whole life.

belpejic

(795 posts)
5. This is what he's doing with his time?
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 03:00 PM
23 hrs ago

Glad he apparently has a lot of time on his hands to pay attention to worthy causes like college sportsball games.

lastlib

(28,173 posts)
10. He should make it unlimited.....
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 04:51 PM
21 hrs ago

...so we can have HIS portrait on MORE of them.

underpants

(196,309 posts)
7. *sigh* They already do except for maybe FBS DII&III playoff games
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 03:08 PM
23 hrs ago

and if those are in the same day, they are scheduled around the Army Navy game.

Wiz Imp

(9,905 posts)
11. It is irrelevant because there is not now nor has there ever been a scheduling conflict
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 06:19 PM
20 hrs ago

But beyond that, he has no power to stop the NCAA/CFP from scheduling games whenever the hell they want. This EO isn't even worth the paper and ink used to print it. It is totally worthless.

BumRushDaShow

(169,164 posts)
12. IIRC
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 06:42 PM
19 hrs ago

He originally wanted ALL of the broadcasters to run it. Haven't looked at this illegal E.O. to see if that demand is in there.

jmowreader

(53,146 posts)
13. Response from the CFP
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 07:13 PM
19 hrs ago

IRVING, TEXAS (Spurious News Network) -- The SNN Newsroom has just received a communique from the headquarters of the College Football Playoff.

"The members of the College Football Playoff Board are confused by President Trump's executive order directing our organization to not schedule games in conflict with the Army-Navy Game.

We have never scheduled a game in conflict with this game.
We will never schedule a game in conflict of this game.
And President Trump's executive order authority does not extend to private individuals like the College Football Playoff.

We have, therefore, decided to do two things.

First, we will not schedule games in conflict with the Army-Navy Game.
And second, we have contracted with our broadcast partners to run, at all times during any game that is part of the College Football Playoff, a scroll across the bottom of the screen informing our viewers that President Trump is mentioned in the Epstein files 38,000 times. If that number grows, we shall alter the scroll to reflect the current number."

AverageOldGuy

(3,771 posts)
15. I served . . .
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 08:19 PM
18 hrs ago

. . . 28 years, Army, 1967-1995, Vietnam 1969-70. Never been to an Army-Navy game, never watched on TV. It was something that all the Academy grads got cranked up about but us from the small liberal arts colleges and universities had better things to do.

maspaha

(740 posts)
20. Little snowflake b!+(hes!
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 09:16 PM
17 hrs ago

I’m really fed up with the “fu(K your feelings” crowd.

Sorry, now I’m being “too emotional”

rpannier

(24,911 posts)
24. So this is what he does with his time
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 04:47 AM
9 hrs ago

I mean, we won the war with Iran - which is why he's sending three warships to the area and wants our allies to send their navies.
It's what you do when the war is over -- send in the Marines
I'm sorry, not the War with Iran -- the Epstein Files distraction

johnnyfins

(3,734 posts)
26. He is showing his fundamental misunderstanding
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 06:58 AM
7 hrs ago

Of Presidential Executive Orders. He actually thinks it allows him to order anyone to do anything he wants.

Deminpenn

(17,465 posts)
27. Army-Navy is already the only college game on TV at the day and time it's scheduled
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 06:59 AM
7 hrs ago

The college football season is already too long. Teams don't need two bye weeks or "preseason" type games against overmatched opponents.

ms liberty

(11,206 posts)
30. Such a little tyrant, banging his fists on the table and shouting orders at everyone
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 09:24 AM
4 hrs ago

Squeal, piggy.

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