That would make Leeds Carnegie the RU equivalent of Sheffield Eagles under Gary Hetherington.

I hope the long term future Leeds Carnegie is away from Headingley. Ideally the Carnegie will get closed down.

Ideally not, they've been very useful in terms of costs towards the ground and training facility. However I had heard that Caddick is tempted to throw in the towel with Carnegie altogether if they get relegated again but that there will certainly be a big reduction in the extent to which he funds them. So it could mean almost a permanent move back to the 2nd division of rugby union for Leeds.

Careful what you wish for as the RFU currently coughs up about £1-1.5million quid towards the running costs of the academy at Kirkstall

Really? I'd be very suprised since it costs about £3.50 to run Kirkstall, especially now they've got rid of John Ahm & Colin.I think that figure was towards the cost of building it in the first place.