[Wil H]

Until then, the NFL Champions will continue to be WORLD champions without having to compete with other nations BECAUSE the other teams DO NOT EXIST.

Yes They do, there is the Canadian Football league for starters, and there was, for a few years, a European League with teams in Spain England and who knows where else.

We'll just have to agree to differ.

By your own admission you don't have a world sport.

Personally I don't think you can be "World Champion" of a sport that has no international component. If you choose to call yourselves such then it is extremely shallow and the only ones you are deluding are yourselves.

[Mr. Jazzy]

You continue to ignore the fact that those who can excel at sports, that are popular professional sports in the US, will LEAVE THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY TO COMPETE IN THE US.

Stars from the Canadian Football League TRY to get and stay in the NFL because that is where the money is! Many have crossed into the NFL and succeeded! You will find NFL players on the downside of their professional careers, who are not selected by any other NFL teams, trying to move into the CFL, NOT the other way around.

Baseball players in Japan dream that they will one day play in the US to compete with the best of the best.

Basketball is another example I cited. Yao Ming- China, Dirk Nowitzki-Germany, ŽydrÅ«nas Ilgauskas-Lithuanian, Luol Deng-Sudan, et al, come HERE to play with the best. There is no disputing these facts.

As to your insult, calling U.S. fans of NFL football or MLB baseball or NBA basketball who choose to call their championship teams "World Champions", in your words "extremely shallow and the only ones you are deluding are yourselves".

Well, I'm just not sure how I will ever sleep restfully again, but I'll try.

Have a wonderful day.