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Did Indianapolis get hoodwinked into bidding on tainted Super Bowl?

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Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I’m beginning to think Indianapolis got hoodwinked into bidding for and agreeing to host the 2012 Super Bowl.

City officials waded into the deep end and bit hook, line and sinker. We won the Super Bowl that nobody else really wanted. Even the competition now looks like a sham. Phoenix had just hosted the Super Bowl in 2008, and Houston never was a major threat for 2012.

New Orleans wisely stepped aside, saying the post-Katrina Crescent City wouldn’t be ready until 2013. This Super Bowl savvy city knew better than to vote on a Super Bowl that had a lockout hanging over head.

The most galling part is that the man who pushed Indianapolis’ 2012 bid over the top—Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones—was the same guy who swiped the 2011 Super Bowl out from under the Circle City.

Lucas Oil Stadium was complete before Jerry’s palace, but Indy was shoved aside for the Lone Star football Mecca and its boisterous owner. This after the NFL commissioner came to town to bribe Indy to build a new stadium with the promise of a Super Bowl. Well, the league came through for us.

At the 2008 NFL owners meeting where the 2012 Super Bowl bid was voted on, it looked like Jones threw Indy a really nice bone. Now we can see it has rancid meat attached.

The city has put countless hours and at least $25 million into planning for this event. It is supposed to be a launch pad to take this convention and event hungry city to another stratosphere. The game is supposed to be a showcase to prove Indianapolis actually deserves another Super Bowl. If city leaders are able to manage this sticky situation nicely, Indy certainly deserves another Super Bowl.

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