A sports governing body is a sports organization that has a regulatory or sanctioning function. Mangai somehow intelligently accomplishes the task by requesting the sanctioning authority. Similarly the presence of a negative sanctioning system might undermine voluntary cooperation. Biathlon rifles are usually built to comply with technical regulations of a competition sanctioning body. Other nations have similar sanctioning associations. There were many claims that the court decisions were ordering or sanctioning euthanasia. The penal code does have laws sanctioning certain types of expression. This is due to restrictions by the main sanctioning bodies for radio-controlled racing. This is the earliest legal sanctioning of slavery in Virginia. For EU sanctioning of this adoption, a monetary agreement must be concluded. There are many divisions depending on the sanctioning organization. Qualification criteria for these events varied and were controlled by each of the sanctioning bodies. Other sanctioning bodies have similarly different definitions. Due to Hopkins not paying their sanctioning fees, the title remained vacant. Both fighters paid over $100,000 U.S. dollars in sanctioning fees.