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President Donald Trump signed nan "Preserving America’s Game" executive bid connected Friday, which promises to support nan yearly Army-Navy crippled a standalone arena during nan assemblage shot season.
Trump signed nan order during nan Midshipmen’s sojourn to nan White House connected Friday to observe their Commander-in-Chief's Trophy victory, which is fixed to either Army, Navy aliases Air Force if 1 of nan teams goes 2-0 against nan different opponents during nan season.
However, Stephen A. Smith was not fond of nan move.
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U.S. President Donald Trump displays an executive bid he signed titled "Preserving America's Game" to sphere nan broadcast clip slot for nan Army-Navy shot crippled during a ceremonial awarding nan Commander-in-Chief's Trophy to nan Navy Midshipmen shot squad successful nan East Room of nan White House connected March 20, 2026, successful Washington, D.C. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
"It’s worldly for illustration this from nan President of nan United States that pisses maine off. And he’s sticking his chemoreceptor successful places that I don’t judge nan President of nan United States should beryllium sticking their chemoreceptor in," Smith said during his Friday day SiriusXM show connected Mad Dog Sports Radio, via Awful Announcing.
"Who nan hellhole does this man deliberation he is? Every azygous clip I effort to beryllium adjacent and fair-minded to this president, he pulls immoderate BS for illustration this. It really pisses maine off. It really pisses maine off. Who nan hellhole does he deliberation he is? If nan Army-Navy crippled is connected NBC, FOX and CBS should beryllium excluded from having its ain contented connected its networks? Because nan president issued immoderate executive bid that he doesn’t want thing competing pinch Army-Navy, that he wants nan attraction of nan sports world connected Army-Navy. Well, what if they don’t want that? What if they don’t want to watch Army-Navy? Who nan hellhole is he to show nan broadcast world, ‘Nah, not astatine this time.’
"Who nan hellhole does he deliberation he is?! It’s that kinda BS that’s sewage our state successful a tizzy correct now. That correct there. Because you overstepping your damn bounds. Don’t you sewage capable things to beryllium focused on? Now you trying to show america what damn shot games we should watch?! Who nan hellhole does he deliberation he is?!"
President Donald Trump looks connected earlier nan assemblage shot crippled betwixt nan US Army and Navy astatine nan M&T Bank Stadium successful Baltimore, Maryland, connected Dec. 13, 2025. (Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)
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With nan existent College Football Playoff schedule, nan Army-Navy crippled presently sits betwixt convention title play and nan first play of nan 12-team playoff. However, imaginable description could lead to earlier games. The Army-Navy crippled is group to beryllium broadcast connected CBS until 2038.
Navy defeated Army successful a thrilling 17-16 triumph to triumph nan Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy successful December during a historical play that saw nan programme decorativeness 11-2, marking nan team’s first back-to-back 10-win seasons successful programme history.
"The yearly Army-Navy crippled is genuinely 1 of nan astir typical occasions successful each of sports, but successful caller years, nan College Football Playoff description has encroached connected this ineffable four-hour clip slot traditionally reserved for Army-Navy," nan president said during his reside Friday. "I'm going to motion an executive bid to guarantee that nan 2nd Saturday successful December is preserved exclusively. Nobody's playing shot – not Ohio State against Notre Dame, not LSU against Alabama – nobody's going to play shot for 4 hours during that very typical clip of nan twelvemonth successful December. It's preserved everlastingly for nan Army-Navy game."
Earlier this month, Trump held a roundtable to effort to combat nan effects of NIL successful assemblage sports.
Trump joked that nan ramifications of signing nan executive bid mightiness consequence successful a lawsuit.
"Of course, we'll astir apt get sued astatine immoderate point. We will get sued, but we triumph those suits, and we'll triumph this one."
President Donald Trump walks onto nan section pinch Lt. Gen. Steven Gilland, Superintendent of nan U.S. Military Academy astatine West Point, left, and Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte, Superintendent of nan U.S. Naval Academy, right, unseen, earlier nan commencement of nan 126th Army-Navy NCAA assemblage shot crippled astatine M&T Bank Stadium, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, successful Baltimore. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
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Trump first signaled his intentions to motion nan executive bid successful a Truth Social station successful January, saying astatine nan time, "This unthinkable Tradition is now astatine consequence of being pushed speech by much College Playoff Games, and Big TV Money. NOT ANYMORE!"
Fox News' Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.
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