PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – A federal judge has ruled the Rhode Island Interscholastic League violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it told a high-school senior he couldn’t continue playing sports.

“Let the kid play,” U.S. District Judge William Smith concluded in his 39-page order filed in federal court Wednesday. “The league’s point amounts to saying that accommodating people with disabilities is hard and they should not have to do it.”

The case pitted the RIIL against an unnamed high schooler along with and his parents over a rule that forbids student athletes from playing sports after more than eight semesters in high school. Student athletes are only allowed to play beyond that time if they obtain a waiver from the organization.

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