Wow it took you 17 days to come up with that reply.
Amusingly enough I’m wearing my SB XLIII.
Of course it all boils down to the same thing: it’s their league, it’s their trophy, it’s their champion. They can call them whatever the heck they want and if you don’t like it too bad, go make your own world champions.
Yes, for some reason, I didn't see your reply when you posted it.
if you don’t like it too bad, go make your own world champions.
No I wouldn't do that because it devalues the term "World Champion" which was my point in the first place.
The NFL wants it both ways.
Either, Football IS a world sport, in which case you shouldn't exclude the other participating countries from entering the "World Championship" or it ISN'T a world sport, in which case a "World Championship" is a meaningless title.
You are confusing the "best in the world" with "world champions". They are frequently NOT the same thing - that's why we hold World Championships instead of just working it out from the form book - Look at The Patriots last year, on form they were the best, but they lost The Super Bowl.
I used to race sailboats in World Championship competition all over the planet. That was competition, frequently held in a strange and new place, against 100 plus world class competitors (several of whom were National Champions in their own countries). You had to deal with foreign food, different cultures, jet lag, language barriers, and any number of other issues as you tried to perform at your best.
Those were real world championships, they had all the components and conditions of such. If you won, there was no dispute that you had won a World Championship, in a neutral venue, against all comers from all over the World and you could rightly call yourself "World Champion". We also had Regional, National, European, and Far Eastern Championships.. again, they had the components that validated their status, and if you won you could feel rightly proud.
But the NFL's scheme is just a scam, it's intended to hype up the status of a domestic competition with socialist type "feel good" self-esteem in order to maximize their take.