[MicroBob]

Stars handled this incredibly well.

OP seems to be exaggerating the significance of this situation.
OP's insistence that "brave calls are made all the time" is kind of over-the-top. Stars is politely saying that it would have been unlikely for this player to call anyway so they are concluding that the outcome of the tournament wasn't affected.
However, they do agree that this is a violation of the rules and they gave details of how they warned this player that such violations will not be tolerated in the future.

They seemed to have a very clear understanding of everything that was happening here.

At no point does Stars say or even vaguely imply that it is okay to break their rules.