More on the Leeds Carnegie sham here:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/leeds-me ... 5270978.jp
and here
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Exc ... 5906523.jp

And the fans (yes it seems they do have some. Not many, but some) of what we can still call the Takes discuss the matter here:
www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 5,11104791

Their funding of Leeds Carnegie is little directly to do with Leeds RLFC in theory as they simply replaced Caddick as a source of funding, and Caddick doesn't really fund Leeds RL in terms of just giving money to it in the same way.

Leeds RL's relationship with the university is obviously beneficial to us, although i don't entirely buy the argument that the Carnegie Stand wouldn't have been built without them it certainly made the sums easier. But as Adeybull says it isn't particularly inappropriate use. Sponsorship of Leeds RLFC generally and the Challenge Cup and referees etc? Not sure how the deal in the latter cases worked, the RFL got to use Carnegie as a training base didn't they so it may not have involved vast amounts of cash.

But owning a loss making RU club that no one can ever envisage not making ridiculous losses and forever being a drain? And tying themselves in for ten years? Madness. On Leeds Met's part. In my view it just cements Gary Hetherington as one of the world's greatest negotiators. A genius A shame it had to be put to the benefit of this particular bunch of useless pitch destroying meatheads, but still, you've got to admire his almost alchemic ability to created cash out of thin air.

More on the Leeds Carnegie sham here:
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/leeds-me ... 5270978.jp
and here
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Exc ... 5906523.jp

And the fans (yes it seems they do have some. Not many, but some) of what we can still call the Takes discuss the matter here:
www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 5,11104791

Their funding of Leeds Carnegie is little directly to do with Leeds RLFC in theory as they simply replaced Caddick as a source of funding, and Caddick doesn't really fund Leeds RL in terms of just giving money to it in the same way.

Leeds RL's relationship with the university is obviously beneficial to us, although i don't entirely buy the argument that the Carnegie Stand wouldn't have been built without them it certainly made the sums easier. But as Adeybull says it isn't particularly inappropriate use. Sponsorship of Leeds RLFC generally and the Challenge Cup and referees etc? Not sure how the deal in the latter cases worked, the RFL got to use Carnegie as a training base didn't they so it may not have involved vast amounts of cash.

But owning a loss making RU club that no one can ever envisage not making ridiculous losses and forever being a drain? And tying themselves in for ten years? Madness. On Leeds Met's part. In my view it just cements Gary Hetherington as one of the world's greatest negotiators. A genius A shame it had to be put to the benefit of this particular bunch of useless pitch destroying meatheads, but still, you've got to admire his almost alchemic ability to created cash out of thin air.