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We should face the possibility in ten years that a) the Bengals may be entertaining a move to a larger market as they likely won't be receiving the same sweetheart deal from the county due to bridges burnt the last go around and b) the NFL may not command the same place in the market as they do now due to declining youth participation. Cincinnati should be prepared for the likelihood that we might not have an NFL team as the Bengals will not be holding us hostage again. $100 million at the end of the current term is a pretty reasonable investment to secure a major league Futbol franchise in a sport that is established internationally and is growing fast in the US. We'll be sorry if we don't have something to replace the Bengals when they set sail for San Diego or Mexico City.

Of course I could be way off and we could have standardized on blood sports in the US by then.