America's Sport

Does America have a true national sport like Canada? If I had to pick one sport in the United States that I would say is the equivalent of what hockey is to Canada I would pick football without a doubt. I would say football because I feel that over the last 10-20 years it has separated itself from baseball and basketball. A perfect example of this would be this years Super Bowl. There were approximately 111 million who watched Super Bowl 45, which made it the most watched telecast of all time.
I feel that a lot of people would make the argument that baseball is the sport that best describes America because it is our nation's pasttime, but I would argue that baseball has been passed up by at least football and maybe basketball too. I feel one of the main reasons that baseball isn't the face of American sports anymore is because we are not the best in the world at it. The United States did not even win the World Baseball Classic in 2009 and a large percentage of players in the major leagues aren't even from the United States. Many of the current players in the major leagues are from countries like the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Japan. This is something you never see in football. Football is the most American sport because it is only played in the U.S. and it is not getting any of its participants from other countries. These are just a couple reasons why I believe football is the sport that best represents America.