It's not often that governing sport bodies show empathy and common sense when interpreting the rulebook, but that's what has happened in Germany.
The German federation is following FIFA's direction and will not be sanctioning the players who showed on-field displays of support and solidarity for George Floyd, who was killed by police in Minneapolis in May, the DFB announced on Wednesday.
U.S. and Schalke midfielder Weston McKennie, Borussia Monchengladbach's Marcus Thuram and Dortmund's Jadon Sancho and Achraf Hakimi were subject to discipline after each took action that technically violated the DFB's rules.