The Chancellor makes no sense

So, the Purple Cobras made it into the Las Vegas tournament without winning a regional qualifying tournament because "the Chancellor is an extremely personal friend of [White Goodman's]." So he obviously bent the rules to get the Cobras into the tournament. However, towards the end of the movie when the Joes have only four players, Kate says "Can't you bend the rules just this once?" to which the Chancellor replies "There's nothing I can do. Rules are rules. You don't have enough players." So, letting a team compete with a less-than-full team is impossible, but letting a team compete that didn't even qualify for the tournament is somehow okay? And then later, when the double-fault situation arises, he then strictly adheres to the bylaws, allowing the council to vote on whether or not the Joes can play, much to the chagrin of White, the person whom he previously did a huge favour for by letting his team into the competition at all.

The things he does make no sense. He bends rules for "extremely personal friends," then adheres strictly to rules for others, and then later refuses to bend rules for the same personal friend... I don't understand his motivations for his decisions.

I have no enemies, but am intensely disliked by my friends.