Lloyd Howell resigns as NFL Players Association executive director

Lots of interesting details in @jjones9's conversation with outgoing NFLPA chief strategy officer JC Tretter here. This mess keeps getting bigger—and the surface has barely been scratched on perhaps the biggest piece of it (The OneTeam Partners probe). www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/jc-tretter-resigns-from-nflpa-in-surprise-move-opening-up-about-lloyd-howell-executive-director-candidacy/

All 32 NFL player reps were on a call last night to discuss the next NFLPA executive director. It’s shaping up to be a two-man race: JC Tretter, who has majority support, and Don Davis. There’s other names, but these are the lead candidates, per sources.

Nobody in sports needs to be protected more than a professional football player. That's why the next head of the NFLPA needs to be the toughest person in the NFL. tinyurl.com/3uu483aw

Some real nuggets in this interview, like the NFLPA executive committee voted 10-1 for a different executive director candidate, but didn’t give the recommendation to the full player board. Why did the committee even vote? www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/jc-tretter-resigns-from-nflpa-in-surprise-move-opening-up-about-lloyd-howell-executive-director-candidacy/