Might have been a misunderstanding , when I refer to AFL that is Australian rules football
It and Gaelic football are similar but they use a round ball whereas AFL uses an egg shape ball small like an American football
Anyway it looks like the topic has shifted slightly to Green golf balls and Ice Hockey (maybe they should use a white puck)
Oz

Should have explained this a Little Better earlier

Prior to 1969 the Super Bowl was called the AFL–NFL World Championship Game

Both Leagues Merged in 1966

In the USA NFL stands for National football League

In USA AFL stands for American football League



AFC American Football conference was formed from 10 NFL & 3 AFL teams

NFC National Football conference was formed from 10 former NFL teams

Today

AFC is 16 teams divided Into 4 Divisions East, North, South, West

NFC is 16 Teams divided Into 4 Divisions East, North, South, West



NFC National Football conference Championship game receives George Halas Trophy


AFC American Football conference Championship game receives Lamar Hunt Trophy

But the winners of the Two conferences

The AFC and NFC Play against each other IE Super Bowl today


Professional American Football Leagues today in the entire World

NFL consists of AFC & NFC conferences

CFL Canadian Football League slightly different as the Play on 110 yard field instead of 100 Yard field


Other Than USA & Canada Their are no other countries on planet Earth that have Professional level American Football Teams

Since the NFL & CFL Play on different size fields they do not compete against each other

NFL today which Includes the old AFL American Football League has No one else at their level of Play to compete against on planet Earth so they became World Champions

In My Mind I still consider the Super Bowl as the NFL against the AFL which it is actually the NFC (originally NFL) against the AFC (Originally the AFL) But today there all under the NFL

I remember when the Bears still payed at Wrigley field

All good Sarge , I am still trying to get my head around Green golf balls next you will be telling me you play in camo or wear ghillie suits just to spice up the game
It is the only team World Championship where a city can win it every other team World title I can think of are won by countries

Oz

Green Golfs Balls are the craziest thing I have done In golf, as long as you stay in the center of the fairway it actually wasn't too hard to do. When it's in the rough is usually when your screwed

A guy I once worked with organized a charity 4-man scramble golf event.

There were all kinds of crazy contests within the event, but the hardest (and funniest) was that everyone had to play a tennis ball instead of a golf ball on the shortest Par 3 hole on the course.
I think it was about 110 yards.

Everyone tee'd up thinking they could drive a tennis ball a country mile with a golf club, but it is really just the opposite.
It was a riot, everyone laughed like hell at that hole.:ROTF1:

That is absolute Magic Sarge , I guess you could say when it went into the rough you were snookered
Ironman how did you go with the Tennis ball ?
Was that a foul or just good ice hockey play when one player drove the other through the side-screen
Oz

Back to the start , I see the Texas Rangers (I think thats their name ) are now World Champions in Baseball , again who did they beat outside the USA
I do see a team from Toronto
Anyway if they played a team from lets say Japan and beat them you are on your way to World Champion status
Oz

I don't think it is about international teams as much as it is about international players. A lot of players throughout the years have been from different parts of the world.

Cub Cadet 123

Yes we have a vast number of International players in our domestic comps but in my opinion that does not create an authority to call any of them World Champions unless they actually beat teams from other countries
By the way we just had an Aussie win the World Championships at a wood-chopping contest , that was the biggest chain-saw ever
Oz