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Yes, he eventually sent his two boys, Mike and Rick, to do or die for Auburn. But in the late 50s, Phil Neel was just a guy trying to make it, a guy trying to get as much mileage out of his tiger tracings for the Birmingham Post-Herald as he could get. If that meant money from Auburn, fantastic. If it meant money from some other team, be it high school or college or whatever, fantastic.