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The creators of “Tank McNamara,” a comic strip about a local TV sports anchor, are spending this week analyzing “the making of the Mike Vick decision” and skewering the National Football League.

The six strips — which The Washington Post deemed “inappropriate” and has chosen not to run — portray N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell as torn about how to handle Vick and two other African-American players in legal trouble, receiver Donte’ Stallworth of the Cleveland Browns and Plaxico Burress, the former Giant.

Goodell, as rendered by Jeff Millar and Bill Hinds, is seen receiving advice by telephone.

In Monday’s strip, former Vice President Dick Cheney suggests: “Kill him.”

During Wednesday’s strip, the cartoon Goodell is told by a caller that the owners “have to prove they aren’t racists by hiring Mike.” But he says that they have “made it clear” to him that his job is to be a racist for them.

In Thursday’s strip, “Goodell” says, “If all I punish are black guys, then yeah, people might think I’m a racist. But I’m not a racist. That hurts my heart. Look, I’m an autocrat, that’s all. I’ll punish anyone and like it.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/