NFL Players Association executive director Lloyd Howell Jr. is stepping down, effective immediately, he announced in a statement via the NFLPA on Thursday. A source briefed on the procedure told The Athletic that the NFLPA executive board plans to meet in the coming days to discuss next steps, including naming an interim executive director. The move follows several weeks of criticism …
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The embattled executive director of the NFL Players Association has resigned. Lloyd Howell Jr. announced late Thursday that he would be stepping down from his role “effective immediately” after his leadership had “become a distraction to the important work the NFLPA advances every day.” Howell has been embroiled in a number of controversies in recent weeks, stemming from his role …
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Kalyn Kahler Close Kalyn Kahler ESPN Kalyn Kahler is a senior NFL writer at ESPN. Kalyn reports on a range of NFL topics. She reported about the influence of coaching agents on NFL hiring and found out what current and former Cowboys players really think about the tour groups of fans that roam about The Star every day. Before joining …
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A week after rumors reached a fever pitch that Lloyd Howell would be replaced as the executive director of the NFL Players Association, Howell has stepped down. “Two years ago, I accepted the role of Executive Director of the NFLPA because I believe deeply in the mission of this union and the power of collective action to drive positive change …
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The NFL Players Association is a labor organization. The key positions are inherently political. And a toxic slice of modern American political life has trickled into the union’s handling of the current cocktail of controversies that NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell is facing. Attack. Attack. And attack. In a statement issued on Sunday by the NFLPA executive committee to its …
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