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    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SR 2542

    By Senator Miller





    18-791-03

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution commending the Tampa Bay

  3         Buccaneers of the National Football League for

  4         their victory in the 2003 Super Bowl and for

  5         their many contributions to the economic and

  6         cultural vitality of the Tampa Bay area and the

  7         State of Florida.

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  9         WHEREAS, the City of Tampa and the State of Florida

10  have many people to thank for the benefits that have come to

11  us through the efforts and successes of the Tampa Bay

12  Buccaneers, and

13         WHEREAS, among these people are Malcolm Glazer, who

14  purchased the franchise for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1995;

15  Tony Dungy, who coached and developed the team from 1996 to

16  the end of the 2001-2002 season; and Jon Gruden, who took over

17  as head coach for the 2002-2003 season and led the team to a

18  12-4 win-loss record for that season and to its stunning

19  performances in the playoffs and division championships,

20  culminating in the Buccaneer's overwhelming defeat of the

21  Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII, and

22         WHEREAS, these two fine coaches and the magnificent

23  athletes who make up the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Football Team

24  have always been guided and supported in their developing

25  excellence by the management team of Malcolm Glazer, his sons

26  Joel, Bryan, and Edward, and General Manager Rich McKay, and

27         WHEREAS, the team's contributions to the vitality of

28  the Tampa Bay area and the State of Florida include the many

29  benefits of national visibility, increased jobs and expanded

30  economic activity, wholesome family entertainment, and a

31  unifying pride for Tampa Bay and Florida, NOW, THEREFORE,

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    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SR 2542
    18-791-03




 1  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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 3         That the Florida Senate recognizes, commends, and

 4  honors the players, the coaches, and the managers and owners

 5  of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for their great victory in Super

 6  Bowl 2003 and for all the other benefits they have brought us.

 7         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution,

 8  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Malcolm

 9  Glazer and his entire team as a tangible token of the

10  sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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