Preserving America's Game

Executive Order 14396 is an executive action signed by President (name not specified in the document) that declares a policy protecting the Army‑Navy Game's traditional broadcast window (Sec. 1). The order directs the Secretary of Commerce and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to coordinate with the College Football Playoffs (CFP) Committee, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), other agencies, and broadcast partners to establish an exclusive broadcast window (Sec. 2(a)). The order also directs the Chairman of the FCC to consider reviewing broadcast licensees' public interest obligations (Sec. 2(b)). This matters because it seeks to change how major college football games are scheduled and shown on TV, which affects viewers and broadcasters (Sec. 1; Sec. 2(a)).