From everything I have read it appears that pro sports teams in the US are self governed by their league (NFL, MLB, NBA, etc.) The government only gets involved if there is a claim of game fixing for gambling purposes. However manipulating the outcome of a game for entertainment or advertising purposes is legal. Read an interesting article by clicking on the link below.
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It depends on what level you are playing and what country? Like professional Baseball in USA is MLB commissioners office. College would be NCAA & not sure there's smaller colleges Little kids have different like Little League of America but there's no one organization that governs all Of baseball its different for age groups & tallent level & were you live. But no matter were you play the rules are pretty much the same.