Is this even allowed?

So I saw this email in my inbox the other day and I think I might as well post it to see what other judokas think.

A little bird told us that both Graeme Spinks and Mike Kelly from Australia were not allowed to compete in the recently world champs in Samoa, due to them being "too old".

The boss wonders, if this is even legal? Also this doesn't really help the reputation of the sport that we love as some of the veteran judokas are barred (not even sure why they were labeled as old either).

Sensi Rick was a bit upset in regards of this, however fear not follow Uni Judo members, we did calm him down by preforming the ultimate sacrifice (visiting his shop and buying something!)