Arguing that the great and good regulatory classes – legal eagles, NHS administrators, media academics, charity directors and professional regulators of anything going – are somehow the voice of Britain in this age of non-metropolitan disenchantment.
But that's the message that continues to echo to coaches from school administrators, media members and Monday morning quarterbacks on message boards and Twitter.
Administrators and media bosses are also spotting a commercial opportunity with male fans.
The site showcases an array of specialists — beekeepers, tree surgeons, witches, clog dancers — along with professionals with more conventional business skills, like payroll administrators, social media marketers and typists.
Test cricket, eh? Supposedly on life-support, with administrators and media alike lavishing most attention on the pretty young thing that is Twenty20, Tests continue to confound and enthrall us all.
His lawyer, David Lane, has sought to portray him as the victim of a "howling mob" of university administrators, conservative media and politicians who were "falling over themselves" to have him fired.
Sure it's never going to be the sexiest role in the game, but his recent spluttering explanations of rules which appear to alter alarmingly from one week to the next, has seen coaches, players, administrators, the media, fans (seventh day adventists, everyone!) throw their collective arms in the air like they just do care.
"There has to be a concerted effort between everyone - players, administrators, the media, spectators, everyone, to try to stop it.
The challenge for administrators and media managers is how to defend the university's reputation when, according to the best inside knowledge, its processes are well designed and have been followed to a high level.
Gideon Haigh, the eminent Australian cricket writer, got to the truth of the matter when he said: "Administrators and the media have an ambivalent relationship with on-field aggression.
Chizik's firing comes at a time of growing scrutiny of coaches on talk radio and cable television; rising costs for tickets, TV packages and merchandise; and increased access by fans to administrators via social media.
