All sports have leagues (owners who create the rules and hire players/coaches), coaches (understands the rules and sets strategy), groups (teams practice or training parters), and the players (do what they want)
Each layer helps police the sportsmanship and sports are entertainment, nothing serious is at risk for the league until you start decreasing the entertainment value.
Think of wrestling, it's "fake" or entertainment too. The violence is part of the story they create, sports does the same thing with just a little more uncertainty in the outcome. The leagues have some form of profit sharing or spending limits to ensure they make money and to keep it competitive.
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Reply to Eli5 How do people maintain sportsmanships in the most violent sports by Open-Secretary5065
All sports have leagues (owners who create the rules and hire players/coaches), coaches (understands the rules and sets strategy), groups (teams practice or training parters), and the players (do what they want)
Each layer helps police the sportsmanship and sports are entertainment, nothing serious is at risk for the league until you start decreasing the entertainment value.
Think of wrestling, it's "fake" or entertainment too. The violence is part of the story they create, sports does the same thing with just a little more uncertainty in the outcome. The leagues have some form of profit sharing or spending limits to ensure they make money and to keep it competitive.