ESPN to Televise the Secretaries' Cup

ESPN will honor America's veterans with live coverage of the annual Secretaries Cup football game between the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy during Veterans Day weekend.  The two academies will again be in the same league next season as the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) adds football, and they will play the in the final game of the season.

The atmosphere surrounding a Secretaries Cup game day is remarkably similar to that of an Army-Navy football game. The game is attended by both institutions' entire student bodies – Coast Guard's Corps of Cadets and Merchant Marine's Regiment of Midshipmen – which adds to an atmosphere that is already high-spirited and emotionally charged, yet at the same time very respectful.  Following the on-field trophy presentation, each institution's team, staff and official party stands at attention for the playing of the respective alma maters.