"Samson Steers Marlins toward a new home"- by Steve Jackson. Volume 8, Iss. 38,pg. 4

Briefly this article is about David Samson (team president) and Jeffrey Loria (Marlins owner). They are in a bind because the MLB team Marlins are falling with attempts to help all they see for a next step is to either move the team somewhere else in Florida or relocate in one of the eight different places.

I believe that this is a good move for owner and team president who have made many attempts to salvage the team such as pulling Bob DuPuy and chatted with lawmakers to use a state sales tax rebate to help fund the ballpark. With such failures to this business, relocation might not be the best idea due to the fact that Florida is such a baseball orientated state. The only place they seem to be looking in Florida is South Florida, maybe looking closer to the Orlando area would make differences in thought.

One thing that sticks out in my head about this paper is that even though Samson has gone through much criticism, after failing to produce a good business for pretty much all of the 13 years they have been there. The team had a some good seasons with a decrease of pay gradually falling more and more with one less then $20 million dollars for the up coming season. With that knowledge Samson, Loria, and management have actually been doing a sufficient job, the problem I see is location. Yes it is Florida and all be the fan base was just never constructed.