Semantics. It is like the old joke that someone loves getting the flu, it is just way down on the list of things that he loves.
The reason why that’s a joke rather than the truth is because liking less is entirely different than disliking. It’s not merely semantics at all.
but they did manipulate they system (as you point out one way
How did I say they manipulate the system? I think they deal with individuals, and maybe make policies for their yeshivos in the best interest of their yeshivos, but I don’t think they manipulate the klal.