Seeing as how I don't think there are much in the way of international american football teams out there, and what there is don't compete at near the same level of the NFL, I doubt that assertion. Plus it's a logistical issue more than anything... it would be a nightmare to include international teams (other than in Canada or perhaps Mexico) in the NFL because of travel arrangements, ridiculous time zone changes, etc., etc., etc.
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Seeing as how I don't think there are much in the way of international american football teams out there, and what there is don't compete at near the same level of the NFL, I doubt that assertion. Plus it's a logistical issue more than anything... it would be a nightmare to include international teams (other than in Canada or perhaps Mexico) in the NFL because of travel arrangements, ridiculous time zone changes, etc., etc., etc.
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I like American football, but, to be honest the Europeans did call it football first, and it's a lot of fun debating (slagging) back and forth with Joe's relatives about the merits of both. Of course I like to argue.....if it's friendly-like 
do the geography.....london to new england perhaps.....then new england to miami
and we have a strong european league over here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_League_of_American_Football
and its my honest belief that say for instance the monarchs were let in,within 2 seasons they'd be competing with the best because how many top players in america would love to play in europe
I like American football, but, to be honest the Europeans did call it football first, and it's a lot of fun debating (slagging) back and forth with Joe's relatives about the merits of both. Of course I like to argue.....if it's friendly-like
and sadly we called real football soccer first too
No sweetie, you call soccer football first, Real football has always and will always be American football...there there......:laughat:
no they arent.
why argue a moot point, never has the term world champions been used in football
freakofnature
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Oh come on! The guy should have retired gracefully years ago.
I have a Broncos track jacket..... LOL
Peter Parka
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"The first game of this kind was held on January 15, 1967. The game was promoted as the AFL-NFL World Championship but the cumbersome name didn't stick. Instead, the unofficial title, the "Superbowl" was used by fans and media."
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Super...ip-of-Football-(History-and-Trivia)&id=350948
The cumbersome name didn't stick
Peter Parka
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So in fact your bold statement that it never has been called the world championship is inaccurate. Anyway, I watched the last Superbowl and the American commentators were constantly referring to it as the world championship.
Ah fair enough, fair enough
I guess I was just thinking in an American standpoint, i never heard them use it because its irrelevant for us to even think of it as a World Championship, its just the NFL and the AFC
one thing that might be of inteest is the relative growth of Soccer in the US compared to American Football in England
i.e on nay given day the US Soccer tema can give England a good competitive game, how ever i doubt a team of Englishmen could even dream of getting close to a US National Team in real football
i.e on nay given day the US Soccer tema can give England a good competitive game, how ever i doubt a team of Englishmen could even dream of getting close to a US National Team in real football
American Football isn't really taken seriously in the UK. There are but a handful of team around the country. Brits prefer to get stuck in to a good violent game of rugby
i wonder if the european league that the monarchs play in has a rule prohibiting 100% import players, these regulations encourage the development of homegrown talentAmerican Football isn't really taken seriously in the UK. There are but a handful of team around the country. Brits prefer to get stuck in to a good violent game of rugby
we have that in the Canadian Football League
I think most of the team sports in Britain have some kind of rule governing the percentage of foreign players.
I don't know if the Monarchs exist any more, I thought the team had gone? :dunno
do you think the vikings had a good year last year?
do you consider the quaterback partly responsible?
he is still a valuable asset
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