The NFLPA has finally elected an interim replacement for Lloyd Howell.
The union announced late on Sunday night that it had elected David White to serve as the new interim executive director. White will replace Howell, who resigned last month amid a scandal that rocked the union.
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White was a finalist for the role in 2023, but lost out to Howell at the time. He is the former executive director and chief negotiator of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA), worked as board chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and is a strategic advisor to a venture capital firm. He is also the CEO of 3CG Ventures, an executive coaching and strategic consulting firm.
According to the NFL Networks Tom Pelissero, a voting player representative from all 32 teams participated in the vote to elect White on Sunday night. There were multiple interviews with both internal and external candidates within the last few weeks. Its unclear how long White will stay in the role.
White will take over for the NFLPA after multiple scandals have rocked the organization this offseason.
It started after a report from Pablo Torre and Mike Florio last month that detailed how the NFL and the NFLPA buried a ruling on a collusion grievance. That reportedly showed that an arbitrator concluded that the league encouraged its teams to reduce guaranteed money after Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson received an unprecedented, fully guaranteed contract when joining the franchise. The NFL won the grievance, as it wasnt proven that teams acted on the advice, but there was little question that they were encouraged to do so.
Then, after Howell resigned, it was reported a day later that he had expensed more than $3,000 at strip clubs. He also resigned from his consulting position with the Carlyle Group over an apparent conflict of interest after the investment firm wanted minority NFL ownership.
Former Browns center and union player president J.C. Tretter also resigned as the unions chief strategy officer in the wake of the scrutiny. He took himself out of the running for the interim executive director position after he was apparently in a two-man race for the position. NFLPA chief player officer Don Davis was the other at the time.
Tretter had played a central role in Howells hire, which is widely seen as questionable. He had a conflict of interest as a Carlyle Group consultant, and players may not have known about a sexual discrimination lawsuit against him at a former employer. There was also another grievance against Tretter that the NFL and NFLPA covered up. Tretter even went as far as to compare himself to a Game of Thrones character while defending his decisions.
While White is only taking over on an interim basis, the NFLPA finally has itself on stable footing once again after what was a very tumultuous stretch.