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NASCAR IS NOT the highest form in the World. The World races Formula 1. It is OPEN-WHEEL. That is why the IRL, which is the oldest American Racing league, is OPEN WHEEL. Nothing against NASCAR as it is the highest form of racing in closed cars, or whatever the term is as no one ever gave it one, BUT not the highest form in the WORLD.

Now to the Question at hand. How can we play against other countries that don't play OUR game? Rugby ISN'T Football and football DIDN'T evolve from Rugby. It would take too long just to decide the rules. Then both teams would have to learn the rules of this NEW game. The NFL has the Superbowl Champions. I don't know WHAT started this World Champions thing because for YEARS it was just Superbowl Champs. As to the Basketball that WASN'T the World Championship that was the Olympics. The Americans don't devolp a team and then sit around playing togther. They play and then get stuck togther. Teams aren't devolped based on chemistry. Other countries take plenty of time to practice togther, devolp chemistry, and learn to play TOGTHER.

The "World" appellation has stuck despite the fact that only teams in the two major leagues, which happen to cover only the United States and Canada, actually participate. At the time the term was first used, baseball at the major league level was only played in the United States. While some would contend that there is no reason to believe that the World Series winner is a significantly better team than any club team outside Major League Baseball, no challenges have been made by other leagues. Moreover, virtually all of the best international players — from the Pacific Rim, Latin America, the Caribbean, and elsewhere — play on Major League rosters, with the notable exception of Cuban nationals.

The World Series winners have occasionally played winter exhibition series against the best players of other leagues around the world, such as Japan. Sometimes the Japanese have gained the upper hand in those series; but since they are only exhibitions, their results cannot be regarded as conclusive. Attempts to pit the North American champions against champions in the Japanese or Latin American leagues in a truly meaningful way have, so far, not succeeded.

A persistent myth is that the "World" in "World Series" came about because the New York World newspaper sponsored it. Baseball researcher Doug Pappas refutes that claim, demonstrating a linear progression from the phrase "World's Championship Series" (used to describe the 1903 series as well as some of the 19th-century postseason series) to "World's Series" (a term first used in the 1880s and which persisted for decades) to "World Series". Furthermore, investigation of the New York World for the relevant years revealed no evidence of the supposed sponsorship. (For details, see Mr. Pappas' web page on the subject.)

In deference to any controversy, more and more the term "World Series Championship" is being used, the subtlety being that it is merely a title and not a political statement.

i would say that part of it is tradition. like american football, baseball and basketball. originated in the us and for a long time no one else played these sports so as far as these sports were concerned they were the world. with (soccer) international football we dont have a world champion and same with hockey its the nhl champion stanley cup winner which also includes canada and the best player from the world. basketball and baseball especially also have the best players from the world lok a yao ming and ichiro sazuki. but if you try to take the best players from the usa and put them on one team then its a bunch of great players not necessaraly a great team. they have to play well to gether. look at the 1980 us hockey team in the olympics made of kids who were team players, not the best players there were

One of the reason's they have the world champions is because in the big three baseball, football, and basketball were all invented in the United states and at the time we were the only people in the world playing those sports. I can understand your question it does seem odd in the way that we phrase things but it sticks.

the only sport that we say "world" in is the "world series" which is baseball. it wasn't called that in the beginning because it was actually the world playing it was named that after the "world publishing co." which was the largest sponser and put on the event.

all the others like basketball are called "the NBA championship" no world in it.

only country that plays anything close to american football is canada.

For one, those other countries could not compete in our game of football, they would get their asses kicked. And when it comes to competition, we like to keep it in our own country, you see we dont like to set fires after games like england does when they lose a soccer match, or go and kill about half of our country because we lost, we just learn to come back and play better the next day. Other countries have a hard time dealing with defeat and if thats a problem in your country, then stay the hell out of the USA.

In baseball or basketball, I believe that "All-Star" teams are inferior to teams that have been coached and played together for years. If the Japanese team had to play the Yankees, or the Slavic teams played the Chicago Bulls when they won every year, it wouldn't be close.

The WBC US team was missing many star players and was not a true representation of what we have.

North America is a Continent.... so may be all of the states are little countries within, so we are a whole big world....

In baseball you are correct.

In American football you are not.

They do not call or consider themselves champions of the world.

The call themselves Super Bowl Champions.

NFL Europe is not ready for our guys quite yet.

hey dumbass...THE NFL, NBA, MLB, NASCAR,....is the highest form of competition in the world. Players and participantys come from all over the world..therefore world champions..moron.