That's a ridiculous analogy because the career span of someone in the legal system is about 3 - 4 times longer than a football player.
You're obviously smart enough to know how the legal system works, so I'd like to think you're smart enough to work out the different situations between the two scenarios.
What you're suggesting is writing it into contracts that any player is able to leave at 22 or 23... they play overseas for 2 years... and thats it.
What if they don't want to come back because the money's better over there? What if clubs back in Australia don't want to keep them under contract due to the salary cap? What if they want to come back but their clubs don't want them because they cannot fit them in the squad? How do we register contracts along these lines? Is it through the NRL, or each individual club?
I would suggest that if they don't want to come back because they only care about the money, then they would have gone regardless, so nothing is lost or gained.
if the club back here can't fit them under their salary cap then ... they can't fit them under the salary cap. that happens all the time in nrl, no changes there. same with fitting players into certain positions. the beauty of actually permitting overseas playing sabbaticals is that clubs can plan ahead in terms of signings and salary predictions.
it makes things a lot easier than suddenly having a player like gaz, for example, pick up and head overseas after a few months of cloak and dagger discussions and then realise because the club didn't know about it they've now lost a player like josh morris.
contracts could be -signed by the player and their club, but it would definitely help if the nrl hammered out guidelines or advice on how it could be implemented.
