Burgess, Bradford's prodigously talented young forward, seems certain to leave Odsal sooner rather than later in order to move to Australia.
Hunt, Brisbane Broncos' Queensland and Australia full back, will quit the game altogether in 2010, penning a $1million-a-season deal with the new Australian Rules franchise on the glitzy Gold Coast.
Quite a contrast.
Burgess, who burst on to the international scene as an 18 year old in 2007, is contracted to the Bulls until the end of next season and the Odsal side are unlikely to be keen on letting him go before that.
But his manager - ironically, the former Bradford chairman Chris Caisley - has sent just about every football manager in Australia scurrying to check their salary cap calculations by openly declaring his availability.
Burgess' desire to follow in the footsteps of Gareth Ellis, who has been a sensation for Wests Tigers this year, appears to have everything to do with personal ambition and lifestyle and considerably less to do with the size of his bank balance.
Young Sam certainly won't be on a pittance Down Under, but he could earn considerably more in Super League.
His desire to test himself at the highest level speaks volumes for an attitude that, from a distance, has always seemed impeccable.
Hunt, on the other hand, has taken the money and run.
On a sporting level, the move isn't quite as bizarre as it first appears, because Hunt played AFL as a teenager.
But there still isn't much to admire in his decision, apart from the rather obvious lure of a wage packet around twice the size of the one he could pocket in the NRL.
Hunt has been in the headlines a couple of times in the last 12 months for his off-field scrapes rather than his on-field exploits, incidents that point to a young man who makes choices that are, at best, questionable.
And his latest decision has certainly not gone down well with the people who currently pay his wages, and have supported him through his misdemeanours, the Broncos.
"Only Soft Hunts Play AFL" proclaimed one supporters' banner at a recent home game.
It has been suggested that Hunt's departure should become the straw that finally breaks the back of the NRL's salary cap, allowing clubs to pay whatever they want to whoever they want.
I say the opposite.
After all, the NRL's conveyor belt of talent managed to replace Mark Gasnier, Timana Tahu - who will make the return journey next year - Sonny Bill Williams and all those other defectors to rugby union.
If all Hunt wants is money, rugby league is better off without him.
And if Brisbane want to conduct a smart piece of business, they should spend the cash they have saved on Burgess, who would be a much better investment all round.