I disagree.I think RI is a great idea. It's like the losers bracket in double elimination (sort of) of a sport. For many episodes, if Matt didn't win, he knew he was done. Where at the regular camps, you could lose and just coast through TC - if you're buddy's with the right people.
The object of Survivor isn't only to vote people out, it's to survive to the end. Just because Matt shakes a hand of someone on the other team and isn't a cute girl, he get's voted out. Yet he still survives.
Sorry, but that's exactly what it's about. Mike too, and Ralph if he remains. They deserve it every bit as the others - that's Survivor.