Reducing the prevalence of alcohol advertising is one of several alternatives to the controversial "no fault" stand-down rule the NRL should have implemented if it was serious about curbing poor player behaviour, Jack de Belin’s lawyers claim.

De Belin has appealed against the Federal Court’s original decision in favour of the governing body, with the two-day hearing to begin on August 22. The St George Illawarra forward’s legal team lodged its submissions on Tuesday outlining why the original decision of Justice Melissa Perry should be overturned.

Perry ruled that the NRL and the ARLC did no more than was reasonable in restraining de Belin to protect its interests. However, the appellant’s submissions claim there were multiple other options the NRL could have taken to distance itself from players involved in the so-called "summer from hell" and to reduce the spate of off-field incidents.

“Assuming the NRL's interest was in achieving some level of disassociation from the alleged