Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 09:23:11 06/22/03
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On June 22, 2003 at 08:51:04, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >Not at all. In the US, we hold world championships every year where only >americans can take part (basketball for one). If a foreign country puts together >a team that wants to take part, they are out of luck no matter how good they >might be. There is no such rule that a world championship must be open to >everyone. Any organization can declare any given event a world championship and >any restrictions on participation they want. It has always been that way. But there are many foriegn players in the NBA, and everyone has an opportunity to play in the NBA if they are good enough. It is different though, you are right about that, because it is a team sport so it is different from chess. If you are a great player stuck on a bad team then you have practically no chance to be a world champion. >BTW, in professional boxing, there are 3 or 4 world championships, so there >might be several world champions in the same weight class. In theory, with >enough boxing organizations creating enough world championships, it would be >possible for all professional boxers to be a world champion all at the same >time. Yes, but professional boxing is a joke right now.
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