You can disagree with the process, but the process does not care. He was given the opportunity to change the title. He felt like he should not have to. Which is

You can disagree with the process, but the process does not care. He was given the opportunity to change the title. He felt like he should not have to. Which is fair enough, but the committee felt like he has to, otherwise they would not have brought it up in the first place. That leaves the committee with no option. He gave them nothing.