Demand? He won't be demanding anything if he asks for a release to return to Brisbane on compassionate grounds, I honestly believe if we registered a contract with the NRL for $300k a year citing all of the reasons as to why that's what he's worth, coming off a major injury, 31 years old, potentially battling some serious mental demons.. The NRL would have a hard time rejecting the contract and saying "No, we think he's worth twice as much as that, sorry, we won't be registering this contract." Which would virtually mean they're ending his NRL career, by the way, because he'd be confined to joining a SEQ team, and the Titans certainly won't have the cap room for him either after re-signing Hayne, Taylor, Peats, etc.
We could essentially put the NRL between a rock and a hard place, either register the contract for what we deem him to be worth, or reject it, and end the playing career of a fan favourite.
The ball is in your court Todd.