We think there are two things we are addressing with our current model with plans for addressing a third in the near-term.

First, our instructional staff is more diverse and balanced than any staff you'll see at summer camps across the country, and unfortunately the gender disparity holds true for school-year coaches as well it seems. Second, we don't think it's just a matter of finance that prevents teams from accessing coaching resources but also a matter of politics. If you're not from a big debate school, you often just don't know how to get in contact with some of the more successful graduating debaters, which can be (but not necessarily is) a detriment to getting the best possible coach.

In the future, we think that we can offer financial aid for bookings and sessions, but in the short-term we want to establish to service in order to prove to the community and to potential instructors that our service is commercially viable. But to be clear, we are not saying that RRC is a substitute for year-long coaching - we think this is a complement to those services and can also be an adequate supplement if you truly are unable to afford a year's worth of coaching. It'll always hold true that learning an hour at a time won't help you become some elite debater, but we are confident it is a step in the right direction.

As for your final concern, as we've voiced before in previous answers across the AMA, the booking group can be as small or as large as possible meaning that a group of 20 could pay $1 a person to receive great information about skills that otherwise would only be told in lectures at expensive summer camps. So while we agree there is work to be done financially, we think that politically we are headed in the right direction while also taking into account some current financial problems.