Basketball is CANCELLED in Germany.

[hardcorestitch]

The 2025 Peraton Armed Forces Classic women’s basketball game was supposed to be in Germany. However, due to the government being a platypus, and with sports being deemed non essential for base use with the lapse in federal funds, ESPN Events has moved the game to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. The college near Baltimore/Washington will tip off this game between Louisville and UConn at 5:30pm November 4.

While the matchup seems groundbreaking, unfortunately it will be a crushing blow for the hard working military servicemembers in Ramstein as their morale has been taken away by the government. Hopefully they will be grandfathered with a 2026 game even if it means different teams. Those troops deserve to have a big sporting event.

 

[citruscurtis]

Well.... you made it to page 2 on my search engine of the news link title...lot of weeds to read... from what I gathered the location was cancelled October 6 because of need of civilians to facilitate ESPN and the two teams visiting and ESPN owns the event and depends on the military infrastructure . And finally ESPN found that Annapolis venue is not a government structure.... which is really interesting reading and why the game is there

And as a veteran these events seldom reach out to the lower rank soliders.but to the upper echelon... for example..at USMA football games...if I wanted my morale boosted I had to wear my dress uniform for ,3 hours in the cold stadium...no one in my barracks went to the game or even rode a free bus to New York to watch baseball....I dressed once to see Doug flutie...and just for a short time...it was cold