Andrews Osborne Withdraws From OHSSA

I was rather appalled to read that Andrews Osborne Academy had withdrawn from the Ohio High School Athletic Association. Not appalled that the school had withdrawn, but that it felt it had to.

I just don't get this sort of prejudice, for that's how it looks to me. If an international student is accepted at an American private school, he or she should be accorded the rights of an American student. Period. Full stop. That is the essence of I-20 student visas, work permits and so on. You are here legally. You should be accorded all the rights and privileges that legal standing accords you.

Perhaps there is more to this story than I am able to see. Anybody care to post their thoughts and comments in the Private Schools Forum?