It is with this new pooling model that we see the whole pay to play argument completely disappear. Instead, everyone with stake gets to pick and choose who they think will bring the platform the most value, and act accordingly. If someone is abusing your pool you can limit their access or completely remove them altogether.
I’m sure that a lot of people will create their own pools like this, somewhat analogous to delegating SP to a group project such as @asapers
But many will probably lease out RC for an income stream to projects that might be the RC equivalent of @minnowbooster
Yes, RCs are a brand new resource, and resources are worth money. That being said, I create a trillion RCs a day, and I'd be willing to sell that much for anywhere from $0.10 to $1.00. The actual value, of course, will be dictated by the free market.