NRL boss Dave Smith is on the right track but it is not just the transfer rules that need changing.
A change to the player transfer system is an important first step, but there also needs to be a change in mindset among the players.
It feels like there are too many out clauses. A player feels homesick, or he doesn't like a club or the environment and then he wants to leave.
That's just not real life. The message has to be "Hard luck guys - you are getting paid very well to do a job you love and if you are not feeling comfortable - too bad" . Get through it. If they have to tough it out for a year or two, too bad. If there are health issues with a family member, then fair enough; that has got to be the No1 priority above all others. But all of the other reasons we hear don't really wash.
When I first moved to Sydney I was incredibly homesick and really struggled. But I got through it and that was probably the making of me.