The Amazing Race - Aired Dec. 3 - Commentary Update

I was reading B-Side's Amazing Race recap over at TVgasm and he commented on something that I missed. After the Road Block, there was both an airport equalizer and an opening time equalizer at the park with the maze.
The previous two non-elimination legs were followed by Fast Forwards, so there was at least a chance for people to beat being marked for elimination. This leg however seemed like it was almost deliberately set up for a team that is marked for elimination to fail. I doubt it was deliberate though. More a case of producers not thinking this new twist on non-eliminations all the way through.
Maybe an extra Fast Forward could be thrown in. Maybe they could have a leg with no time equalizers between the Road Block and the Detour. Something, anything, to give the marked team an actual chance.
As much fun as the begging for money was on previous seasons, I do like this change in non-eliminations. Just make it actually mean something, that's all I'm asking. Mary and David had two chances at Fast Forwards, two real chances to actually stay in the game. The Miss Americas, Beauty Queens if you prefer, Dustin and Kandice, they just got screwed over by poor planning on the producer's parts. They managed to build up a good position coming out from the Road Block, only to see any lead they worked at done away by two equalizers. That's just wrong.
So there you go. I was wrong about former pageant contestants being done in by a fourth place curse. As it turns out, they're being done in by a poor production decisions curse.