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Have Nike and the NFL gone too far, too fast with Vick?

By Tim Keown
Page 2

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

First, Nike and the NFL have every right to attempt to purge the world of Michael Vick and everything Vick-related. They can stop selling his jerseys and his shoes and his trading cards. They can -- and did -- tell esteemed columnist Deion Sanders that he can't publish a column in a Florida newspaper attempting to explain his earlier semidefense of Vick. Hey, it's a free market, which means you really aren't free to do much of anything -- even put words on paper -- if the people who employ you ...

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