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Sportico on MSN‘Irretrievably Broken’: Divorce Preceded Howell’s NFLPA TroublesMonths before Lloyd Howell Jr., the now-former executive director of the NFL Players Association, allegedly expensed the first of two strip club visits to the union, his personal spending was already under scrutiny during divorce proceedings.
Mike Florio shares why the NFL Players Association should consider hiring outgoing Green Bay Packers CEO Mark Murphy as its new interim executive director.
"It's a shit show, I guess," said Eagles right tackle and All-Pro Lane Johnson, who is entering his 13th season in the league. "It's been that way. People have known that. I've known." NFLPA controversy: Why fans should care about leadership changes,
Eagles tackle Lane Johnson called the NFLPA’s issues “a [poop] show” Wednesday. Kmet was more circumspect, saying that he hoped the union would get their next hire right. Asked whether the public nature of the scandals worsened their impact, Kmet said that was part of life as a football player.
Don Van Natta Jr. joins the Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz to discuss his reporting on Lloyd Howell Jr. and the alleged collusion between the NFL owners and the NFLPA.
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Just five months after Commanders players gave the organization's locker room facilities a grade of 'F' in the NFL Players' Association's annual team report card, the club unveiled an overhauled locker room on the day of its first training camp practice on Wednesday.
Browns guard Joel Bitonio said the controversy surrounding the leadership with the NFL Players Association has put them in a vulnerable position.
NFLPA president Jalen Reeves-Maybin declared Tuesday that the union is committed to "serving the best interests of our membership" and promised an interim executive director would be voted on "in the near future.
The NFL Players Association is embroiled in staff scandal and turnover, with executive director Lloyd Howell recently resigning amid investigations into past lawsuits, apparent conflicts of interest and questionable expensing practices.
Following a week marked by two high-profile resignations from the NFL players' union, Reeves-Maybin outlined next steps.
The NFLPA is undergoing a major change in leadership with Lloyd Howell and JC Tretter stepping down from their posts.