Why moving Eagles training camp from Lehigh to Philly was for the best

Eagles' Connor Barwin signs his autograph for fans after practice at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday, August 14, 2016 in Philadelphia.Sometimes, the suits are right.

This became ever more obvious Sunday evening, as thousands of people streamed into Lincoln Financial Field for the third and final open practice of Eagles training camp. It was a decidedly different and more diverse demographic than the demographic that was able to sacrifice an entire summer day to watch the daily gladiatorial theater of NFL training camp at Lehigh University.

In 2013, the Eagles ended a 17 year relationship. New coach Chip Kelly agreed with team president Don Smolenski that the Eagles would be better served to…