Sentence:  It is a trial that no city in Florida wants to hold, a <WSD>political football</WSD> that has already bounced from Miami to Orlando to Tallahassee, back to Orlando. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A contentious political issue or problem that is often debated or discussed, but that remains unresolved; an issue or problem which is avoided by authorities and handed off to others.