Melbourne Storm skipper Cameron Smith says other sports view rugby league's mid-season signings as a "joke'' and is united with his coach Craig Bellamy supporting calls for an NRL draft.
The situation has come to a head again just two weeks into the season after St George Illawarra star Beau Scott revealed he'd signed a four-year deal to join his former coach Wayne Bennett at Newcastle from 2013.
Bennett described the current signings process as "diabolical'' and said the Knights were only doing the same as every other NRL club.
South Sydney chief executive Shane Richardson and his Canterbury counterpart Todd Greenberg both called for the NRL to again review the possibility of a player draft.
Kangaroos captain-in-waiting Smith and Bellamy said it was the only way to go.