JON NEWCOMBE talks to Paul Caddick about the sad demise of his former club

Sad day: coach Neil Back and players face relegation in 2006

FORMER Leeds Tykes/Carnegie owner Paul Caddick admits that changing the club’s name to Yorkshire Carnegie four years ago has not worked out as planned but argues the root cause of the Championship club’s troubles go far deeper than that, down to the way the Premiership Rugby model was designed to prevent people challenging the founder members’ cartel.
Caddick bankrolled Carnegie, then known as Leeds Tykes, as they climbed up through the...