Does Florio Own A Calendar?

June 26, 2009 at 11:23am by Scott   •  7 Comments »

Mike Florio posted an article yesterday quoting a SOURCE who said that One Buc Place is basically deserted.

“One Buc Place has become a ghost town,” the source said, who estimated that half of the non-football staff has been laid off.

The source also said that the Buccaneers also have laid off their security guards.

“Anybody can drive into the facility and walk inside,” the source said. “At OTAs there were fans that actually walked up and watched practice from a fence that was only 10-20 yards from the players. Public relations staff asked the fans to leave.”

First, let’s take a look at the calendar. Hmm… June 26. The players aren’t due back until July 31, coaches are all on vacation, scouts have nothing to look at right now, no one needs kitchen staff or laundry staff or much of anyone when there’s NOTHING HAPPENING. This happens every year. Mid-June through mid-July are when people take vacations in football. Way to put a sensationalist spin on a mundane story. I’m surprised Florio didn’t file missing persons reports for all the Buccaneer staff. Where did they all go?!? Are the Glazers saving money on food by cooking and eating their own staff? Are the Glazers cannibals? One source says, “Yes, definitely. What’s a cannibal?”

In all fairness, I can definitely see the Glazers forcing staff to use their vacation time now or laying them off until mid-July in order to save money. That wouldn’t surprise me. The security guard thing is almost completely unbelievable, though. In my experience, they keep that place locked up tight, so if there was some time when fans were able to get in, I would have to guess that it was a one-time deal when maybe someone missed a shift or something. If you can count on the Bucs for anything, it’s to adhere pretty strictly to their own company policies, and one of them is to keep outsiders the fuck out.

UPDATE: HA! Never let it be said that Florio doesn’t have readers. The Buccaneers just posted an article announcing new staff additions. They were sure to include the little people, too.

Buccaneers.com previously reported the naming of Digger Daley as director of football administration in May. The team has also added four new scouts and personnel assistants and awarded new posts to two returning members of the personnel staff.

You know they’re serious when they announce the hiring of “personnel assistants”. Regardless of the obvious timing of this article to counteract the PFT effect, it seems apparent that the pirate ship isn’t sinking just yet.

Cheerleaders are considered staff, right?