Trump Signs Order to Preserve 2nd Saturday in December for Army-Navy Football

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday blocking college football playoff organizers from scheduling games during the four hours allotted for the Army–Navy game played on the second Saturday in December. The order cites the expansion of college football playoffs, which added the number of games played, as the cause for the regulation because the schedule “threatens to encroach upon … a date traditionally reserved exclusively for ‘America’s Game.’” “The annual Army-Navy game is truly one of the most special occasions in all of sports, but in recent years, the college football playoff expansion has encroached on this sacred four-hour time slot traditionally reserved for Army–Navy,” Trump said....