New Fitness Center...Not for Everyone?

I have heard from a student that the Fitness Center is refusing to give certain equipment to non-athlete students. This student told me that he wanted to use a medicine ball. The person working in the Fitness Center asked if he was an athlete. When this student said no, he was not allowed to use that piece of equipment. This doesn't seem right to me. The University is very proud of this new Fitness Center. They even use it as one of their selling points to incoming freshmen. How will those freshmen like it when they find out everything in the Fitness Center is not available to them? I definitely plan on looking into this and finding out what exactly is going on with the Fitness Center.