Kovu isn't having to deal with the problems of the modded game.
And that's what it is. A modified version of the game. One that requires the moderation team to be split up amongst the two versions. One that causes bugs and many annoying help threads in the boards. Quite frankly, if the download's still up on the Downloads page, I hardly see what the problem is. To my knowledge, the page could just as easily be put on in the Member's Mods/Add on's and it still have the same effect, like Red stated.
As the admins and a few mods have stated, if they're the ones hosting and maintaining this site, its threads, its posts and in charge of assisting those who are involved in, I think it's fair they have a say in what gets its own news thread and what doesn't.
I also feel that if Simba was half as worried about this as you were, he'd take matters into his own hands.
Let the big kids deal with the big kid problems.