Sometimes you just have to shake your head...

One of the teams appearing at the Olympics had lost a crew member just prior to their leaving for Sochi.
They wished to show their sorrow about this loss and fastened small black bands to their uniform's left sleeve. 
A common form to show your sympathy, wouldn't you think ?
The International Olympic Committee, however,  gave them 
"a severe reprimand" with the reasoning that any addition to or deletion from the officially sanctioned dress could lead to uncontrolled changes in the approved apparel.

Kinda silly, Bertstravels thinks.