The NFLPA’s nightmare saga has a brand new chapter.
JC Tretter, the union’s chief technique officer, is resigning from his place and eradicating himself from consideration to be the NFLPA’s interim govt director, he informed CBS Sports activities on Sunday.
The information comes within the wake of govt director Lloyd Howell Jr.’s resignation final Thursday.
“Over the last couple days, it has gotten very, very hard for my family. And that’s something I can’t deal with,” Tretter mentioned. “So, the short bullet points are: I have no interest in being [executive director]. I have no interest in being considered. I’ve let the executive committee know that. I’m also going to leave the NFLPA in the coming days because I don’t have anything left to give the organization.”
Tretter, who had been in his function with the union since October 2024, performed eight NFL seasons as a middle with the Browns and Packers.
He was the NFLPA’s participant president in 2023 and oversaw the method that led to the hiring of the now-disgraced Howell, who stepped down amid studies over a controversial confidentiality settlement and dear strip membership outings he expensed to the union.
“I love the guys, and that’s why I’ve done what I’ve done for the last six years is because I love what they do and who they are and the mission of the organization,” Tretter mentioned. “And I believe what I spotted this morning once I awoke — after lastly getting greater than like two hours of sleep — is that I fell in love with the concept of what this place might be. And during the last six weeks, I’ve realized what this place is, and the delta between these two issues.
“And I can’t walk into the building anymore, seeing and understanding what I see and understand now.”
Within the interview with CBS Sports activities, Tretter additionally revealed that although the NFLPA’s board voted for Howell over former SAG-AFTRA director David White, Howell was not the best choice of the union’s govt committee.
Tretter mentioned the committee voted, 10-1, for White over Howell, however the board had differing inclinations.
The NFLPA has but to call an govt interim director, however ESPN reported that the union met Sunday evening to debate varied candidates for the function, together with NFLPA chief participant officer Don Davis, govt director of the NFLPA belief Zamir Cobb and NFLPA affiliate normal counsel Ned Ehrlich.
