President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order protecting the Army-Navy football game's traditional December broadcast slot from College Football Playoff expansion.

The announcement Saturday night signaled an unusually direct effort by the White House to influence college football scheduling and television programming.

Donald Trump announced plans to sign an executive order giving the Army-Navy football game an exclusive four-hour broadcast window on its traditional date in mid-December – which, if successful, would benefit David Ellison and Paramount,

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will address state lawmakers Monday following her historic swearing-in ceremony over the weekend, where she became the Commonwealth's first female governor.

The move would be a boost to David Ellison's Paramount, which holds the rights to the game, and a blow to Disney's ESPN, which has College Football Playoff Rights.

Newly-elected Gov. Abigail Spanberger got right to work following her inauguration on Saturday by signing 10 executive orders.

President Donald Trump claims he will sign an executive order to keep the annual Army-Navy college football game in an exclusive time slot

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