It's not about being elite--it's the reality of the situation. Verizon will hold it up, whereas those who have rooted/unlocked their device will be able to eat some jelly beans earlier.
The fact that there's an OTA coming to the 6,000 free GN devices from the IO means we'll probably have some form of JB sooner than later.
Again, it's not about elitism and shifting the conversation to that ignores the actual, practical realities of the situation--those dependent upon Verizon must wait a bit longer. Those who are not dependent upon Verizon...don't. There's no elitism, social status, whatever within that. Just cold hard facts.