The Eagles are adding a new wrinkle to the passing game:
Soon drivers will see team versions of official Pennsylvania license plates on rear bumpers going by.
The club also is adding a new wrinkle to the plate-buying game: an online auction.
Starting Monday at 2 p.m. fans can bid for numbers 51 to 100, with final bids staggered in groups of 10 from 11 p.m. to midnight on Nov. 21. Bidding for numbers 1 to 50 will begin at 2 p.m. on Nov. 22, with closings in the final hour of Nov. 28.
Proceeds benefit the Eagles Youth Partnership, and all but $24 of the winning bids will be tax deductible.
Flyers Wives Charities and Sixers Charities already offer Pennsylvania plates for their fans, at a cost of $50 each. The sale of New Jersey Flyers plates was suspended pending legislation, according to ComcastSpectacorFoundation.org, which notes that Delaware won't offer Flyers plates until 200 fans have signed up.
New Jersey's program mentions plates for three NBA teams - the Sixers, Nets and Knicks - but only the New Jersey Devils in hockey.
No Phillies plates appear to be listed in either state, though lots of NASCAR plates are, along with ones for many colleges.
Pittsburgh's pro teams apparently don't offer any Pennsylvania plates.
For more information, go to the following Web pages.
Eagles plates: www.philadelphiaeagles.com/partnership/PlateFAQS.asp?
Flyers and Sixers charity plates: www.comcastspectacorfoundation.org
Pennsylvania specialty plates: www.dmv.state.pa.us/license_plates/plate-special_org. shtml
New Jersey specialty plates: www.state.nj.us/mvc/Vehicle/SpecialtyPlates.htm
Delaware specialty plates: www.dmv.de.gov/services/vehicle_services/tags/tags_alpha-index. shtml