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Trump, Clinton camps continue debate over presidential debates

A debate about debates is brewing between the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton campaigns. Trump says the Democrats are rigging the debate schedule so that two o...

A debate about debates is brewing between the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton campaigns. Trump says the Democrats are rigging the debate schedule so that two of the three general election debates air during football games.

The committee that came up with the schedule is disputing that claim, arguing that's not the case.

The two debates in question are the very first debate on September 26th (up against Monday Night Football's Falcons verses Saints game) and the second debate on October 9th (up against the Giants and Packers' Sunday Night Football game.)

In a statement, the scheduling committee says it started working more than a year and a half ago to make sure the debates would conflict with the least number of holidays and sporting events possible.

However, they say it is impossible to avoid them all, citing there are approximately 1,000 NFL games.

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