College football games involving the U.S. service academies will continue this weekend despite the ongoing federal government shutdown , officials told The Athletic on Wednesday . Air Force travels to face Navy on Saturday in Annapolis, Maryland, with kickoff scheduled for noon ET on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ Premium . Army plays at UAB Saturday at noon ET.

The reason service academy games are moving forward despite the shutdown is their use of nonprofit funding for athletics, which shields them from interruptions in federal budgets. Navy's athletic programs have long run independently of government money, and Army transitioned to a similar model in 2017.

More recently, Air Force created the Air Force Academy Athletic Corporation (AFAAC) to manage its athletic opera

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