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Player reps from all 32 NFL teams, plus several additional voices, met Friday night on a call to discuss the future leadership of the NFL Players’ Association. Based on the discussion, the race for the next executive director following the resignation of Lloyd Howell is down to two candidates: JC Tretter, who has the majority of support, and Don Davis, …

The NFL Players Association’s board of player representatives met on Friday night, a day after executive director Lloyd Howell abruptly resigned. The first order of business remains naming an interim executive director, while the search for a new one commences. And the first battle in the unfolding Game of Thrones is this. Via Dianna Russini of TheAthletic.com, “It’s shaping up …

CNN  —  NFL Players Association (NFLPA) Executive Director Lloyd Howell Jr. has stepped down from his role amid various controversies, including reports on Friday that he expensed the union for trips to strip clubs. “It’s clear that my leadership has become a distraction to the important work the NFLPA advances every day,” Howell said in a statement late on Thursday …

It’s becoming harder and harder to keep up with the various twists and turns in the disintegration of Lloyd Howell’s two-year run as the NFL Players Association’s executive director. Here’s something that seems odd, to say the least. On Thursday, ESPN reported on the existence of an internal disagreement regarding whether the NFLPA board of players representatives knew that Howell’s …

One day after Lloyd Howell Jr. resigned as executive director of the NFL Players Association, ESPN reported on Friday that before he stepped down, an outside investigator hired by the union had received documents showing Howell had charged the union for expenses involving two visits to strip clubs. Howell charged $738.82 for a car service from one visit in Florida …

Some expenses probably shouldn’t be on your company’s dime.  Before his resignation Thursday from his position as executive director of the NFL Players Association, Lloyd Howell Jr. had been exposed for charging the union for two strip club visits, per ESPN.  Multiple controversies were pointed to Thursday as possible reasons for Howell stepping down, but the strip club visits seem …

At a time when some within the NFL Players Association are overly sensitive about outside scrutiny, there’s some significant internal scrutiny happening in the aftermath of the sudden resignation of executive director Lloyd Howell. PFT has obtained an email message sent by NFLPA lead security officer Craig Jones to all union staff announcing Howell’s departure. In a 4:58 a.m. ET …

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 …

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 …

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 …