No, not sore losers, human beings with feelings. If someone doesn't take that into account, they're not playing a good game.

Only Burnett and his team of editors get to treat everyone like pawns but he has them under a contract that strangely stipulates just that!

A player is a fool if he lets it be known that he considers his opponents as pawns. Russell's expressions at TC tell them just that.

And before you say it's just because Survivor casts stupid people that complain how they were treated on the way out, you should consider that even in pro sports there is an etiquette that says you shouldn't rub it in your opponent's face. In Football, you shouldn't run up the score needlessly. In baseball, a player that steals a base with his team up by 10 runs will get a fastball under the chin during his next at bat in retaliation.

I would think that, with the losers deciding who gets the million, it would be obvious to everyone that how you vote someone out is of utmost importance.

There is a right way to win and being a gracious winner is even more important than not being a sore loser.