In the 1100’s Pope Innocent II banned jousting under that logic. His reasoning was that jousting was super dangerous and the competitors were risking their lives for no good reason, going against the teachings of the Church.

To enforce it he denied a Christian burial to anyone who died while jousting. People still jousted, but there was an extra “oh shit” factor to causing or receiving a serious hit and it seriously curtailed the sport. Sixty or so years later the ban got lifted.