“He can, and we would encourage him, to express his grief, but in the end let me be clear. It’s not the message, it’s the place that counts. There are 130 conflicts going on in the world. We cannot have 130 different conflicts featured, however terrible they are, during the field of play, during the actual competition,” said IOC spokesperson Mark Adams. When asked what would happen if Heraskevych wore the helmet in competition, Adams responded: “I don’t think it is helpful to speculate. But obviously there are rules and regulations that the athletes themselves want us to enforce, and they will ultimately be enforced.”