The Patriot Games will be held at Spire Academy’s campus in Geneva, Ohio, on August 9-11.
President Trump is expected to be in attendance, according to The New York Post.
Freedom 250 — the organization running the event — also revealed some details about what to expect:
The competition will include rounds that test excellence in skillsets of beloved American sports, including elements from football, basketball, soccer, track, and more. Competitions will feature both team and individual competitions. Competitors will be tested on the skills from the Presidential Fitness Test, go through a military-inspired boot camp circuit, and finalists will compete in an obstacle course designed to test strategy and skill.
ESPN is scheduled to stream events on its app; there will be a primetime special on ABC on August 13.
Trump previously said each state and territory would be represented by a male and female athlete; Freedom 250 has also indicated tribal nations will be represented.
Participants will be chosen by a selection committee. It’s unclear who is on the committee; the selection criteria that Freedom 250 has provided is also vague.
Considering every Patriot Games announcement seems to change or omit a handful of details from the previous announcement … I do not get the impression this is a well-oiled machine.
But while expectations for the event should probably be low, that does not mean Spire cannot be a winner.
The boarding school has generated a good amount of buzz in recent months:
Hiring Kevin Boyle as boys basketball coach
A lucrative partnership with Vensure Employer Solutions
A NASCAR race sponsorship
Arrival of Indochino founder and CEO Drew Green as chairman
This could be its biggest coup yet. Spire will get to showcase its facilities for a national audience and it figures to earn a slew of media mentions.
IMG Academy has a decades-long head start in business and brand recognition, but Spire is undoubtedly beginning to emerge as a nationally-revelant elite sports school and a big player in the industry.
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