If someone wants to sit out I do not see a problem to each his own. I have a freind that always tells me to sit out when I have a large lead early. I never have because I like to play. This is my hobby and it is no fun if you are not playing. That being said I am sometimes sitting out because life gets in the way. My son takes priority over everything so I might have joined tourney thinking I have 2 hours before he wakes up from nap and that is the day he wakes up early. Or I have to run an errand and go on auto fold before break to get it done. Sometimes it is not a stratigy but life.
But if a sat next a chip leader or anyone that is sitting out. Thier blinds are now my blinds and that is good news for me.