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Vick debut: An exhibition Eagles fans don’t need

August 27th, 2009

There is no pressing football reason for Michael Vick to take part in the Eagles’ preseason game tonight.Vick will be tied up in a bankruptcy hearing most of the day. He will not, according to coach Andy Reid, run the offense after Donovan McNabb leaves the game. On top of that, under the terms of Vick’s suspension, he almost certainly will be ineligible to play at the beginning of the regular season. Nothing he does tonight will carry over to October, when he’s allowed to play again.So why do it? Why play Vick against the Jacksonville Jaguars?The NAACP and a few other civil-rights organizations helped provide the real answer last night, telling the Associated Press that they planned a …

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