Referring to my comments in the NRL forum; contracts do NOT have to be in writing.
By legal definition, a contract may be:-
An employment agreement
An agreement for your 16 year old niece to babysit
Catching a cab
Buying McDonalds Big Mac
Filling up with petrol
... In most of those situations you would not sign a formal document. There is no need. In most of those situations requesting the good or service at the advertised price or at a reasonably understood market price, and the disclosed or 'reasonably aware' conditions of the 'contract' amount to a legally binding agreement. A formalised contract is ONLY written confirmation of an agreement with a signature that outlines performance criteria, termination clauses, conditions of employment, company policies etc. They are good, but they are NOT necessary.
In the case of an employment contract, depending on the judge etc., Gold Coast Titans would win.
Given the above, there is a legally binding contract in place on the basis of
David Riolo's email to the Gold Coast Titans confirming Turner's agreement - this is important as Turner 'contracts' Riolo as an accredited, and authorised representative on Turner's career plans
Secondly, the comments attributed to Steve Turner when he "signed" - note the word signed is loosely bandied around and is more a coloquialism these days as its not usually used in its right context. If Turner felt the comments regarding him "agreeing to terms" were wrong, it is his obligation to ask for the media outlets to retract those statements, within due course of a cooling off period.
Most 'contracts' have a cooling off period, but certainly two months is outside the parameters of that. Once you pass due diligence of the cooling off period, a contract should only be ruled null on void on:-
Agreement from both parties
Failure to perform as per the agreement
Breaking company policy/law
None of these has happened. I have seen a load of comments denegrating the Gold Coast Titan's actions as BS this, and BS that, if you run through the parameters of what a contract actually means and forget the physical mindset of a piece of paper (remembering things like taxi rides, buying maccas where clearly the "contract" is not formalised by paper) you will see they have every right to be somewhat frustrated. The other thing we as league fans take too much into context is the amount of broken contracts by clubs and players - we assume because it happens so regularly that either party (player or club) doesn't have rights to prevent premature breaking of the contract. Unless clauses/policies/law is sacrificed by continuing the contract, this is not true.