Air Force and Navy football games suspended due to government shutdown

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The Navy college football team was set to rival the Air Force on Saturday, but the game may be put on hold due to the government shutdown. Alex Jackson of CapitalGazette.com tweeted: “DOD has suspended intercollegiate athletics comps. during government shutdown. Official decision on Navy-Air Force game Thursday.”

Nearly all government operations have halted, and upper-class Air Force cadets may see face travel restrictions. This poses the question of whether more games will be impacted. John Taylor of College Football Talk commented: “One thing that isn’t clear, and what we’re attempting to clarify, is whether Army and Navy upperclassmen fall into the same category as the upper-class cadets at the Air Force Academy. If so, the shutdown could impact a handful of those games in the next month: Army at Boston College this Saturday; Army at Temple Oct. 19; Navy at Duke Oct.12; and Navy at Navy at Toledo Oct. 19.

However, there is a chance that Saturday’s game will continue, using non-government funds. Brett Briggerman of Colorado Springs Gazette reported: “A military source said there’s about a “50/50 chance” that the game will be played with conference fees, conference TV money and ticket revenue making up for a lack of government funding. If that falls through and the government remains shut down by 10 a.m. Thursday, the game will be cancelled or postponed.”




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