Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 15:15:48 12/13/03
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On December 13, 2003 at 17:45:45, Russell Reagan wrote: >On December 13, 2003 at 16:27:38, Omid David Tabibi wrote: > >>The 'N' in NFL, NBA, NHL stands for 'national'. The 'I' in ICGA stands for >>'international'. > >So if an organization names itself "international", then it can hold a world >championship? > >The NBA, NHL, and MLB all have teams from multiple countries, so they are >international, despite what they named themselves several decades ago when they >_were_ national. One of these leagues (I think MLB) considered having teams from >somewhere in Asia (I think China) a while back. The NFL considered having teams >from Canada or even England. > >Obviously not everything is in the name. So what is it that gives an >organization the right/priveledge of calling it's event the world championship? If the name is globally respected for thirty years to be the only official representative of the community, then the answer is yes.
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