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Initially the CFL was interested a few years back in having a Windsor team play at Ford Field in Detroit. I believe the deal fell apart though. I also heard something about Rochester, NY in the rumor mill during the same time period. I honestly wish St. Louis would be considered for a CFL expandion, but it seems that CFL no longer wishes to have USA expansion teams ever again.
Only way a CFL team might work in the states is if the Buffalo NFL franchise moved. Similar in the way that the CFL did well in Baltimore (for as long as it lacked an NFL franchise)
In some cases you can compete well enough to force a partial or complete merger. The NBA absorbed four ABA teams (Nuggets, Spurs, Pacers, Nets), the NHL absorbed four WHA teams (Nordiques, Jets, Whalers, Oilers), and the NFL absorbed the entire AFL (Broncos, Bills, Patriots, Jets, Dolphins, Bengals, Chiefs, Chargers, Raiders, Oilers). Granted this was the 1960s and 1970s but it has happened.
But that ain't happening this time.
What about the Flint Tropics?