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Marlins give away tickets to promote seatbelt use
Law enforcement officials gave tickets to students at North Miami Beach Senior High on Friday. But they were tickets – well, vouchers for tickets – to future Marlins games.
As part of the Marlins’ “Click It or Ticket” Days this weekend, representatives of the Florida Department of Transportation, North Miami Beach and Miami-Dade Schools police along with Billy the Marlin and the Marlins Mermaids rewarded students leaving campus with their seatbelts fastened with ticket vouchers. (See photos by the Marlins’ Robert Vigon).
On Saturday, Mr. Marlin Jeff Conine, crash test dummies Vince and Larry, FDOT and local law enforcement officials will be at Land Shark Stadium for the Marlins-Tampa Bay Rays game to continue promoting seatbelt safety. FDOT officials will hand out promotional items. Conine and Vince and Larry will meet with fans at the Gate H Strikezone before the 7:10 p.m. game.
The Click It or Ticket program promotes seatbelt safety. A new state law takes effect June 30 that allows law enforcement officers to stop and cite motorists who don’t buckle up as a primary offense. Currently, motorists can only be cited for not wearing their seatbelts if they are stopped for a different offense.
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I think this blog idea is a good idea but I wish you would look into the owners and revenue some more. I was reading an article in ESPN the Mag about Donald Sterling and one point it brought up was there's no one that covers the business end of sports (sports writers just cover the sports and business writers don't bother covering sports). And with owners like Donald Sterling and the Marlins Loria it would be nice if there could be some type of reporting on all the money they are raking in and yet refuse to put the money into making a winning product (Loria got lucky with the first year he took over). Loria is making more money just from MLB revenue sharing that what the Marlins cost but he doesn't spend on players and our coaches salaries compared to the rest of MLB is a joke. And we reward that franchise with a 500 million dollar stadium.
Posted by: what2 | May 24, 2009 3:08 AM
The Marlins gave away tickets to promote the use of the seats at Dolphin...er, Pro Play...uh, Land Shark Stadium. It's the only way to put people in those seats these days - and it still doesn't look like it's working very well.
Land Shark Stadium? Sounds as idiotic as the team's manager.
Posted by: Old Gator | May 23, 2009 3:08 AM