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The NFL Players Association (NFLPA) has found its new leader. On March 17, the NFLPA announced that its board of player representatives elected JC Tretter to be its next executive director. Tretter is a former NFL offensive lineman, playing eight seasons across stints with the Green Bay Packers and Cleveland Browns .

He also previously served as the NFLPA's player president from 2020 to 2024 and its Chief Strategy Officer starting in 2024, following his retirement from the NFL. "I'm grateful for the trust my fellow players have placed in me," Tretter said in a statement, "and I'm going to reward that trust with my fullest commitment to these players and chart a new course for our union. " NFL NEWS, TAKES, FANTASY ADVICE: USA TODAY Sports has you covered with our NFL vodcast Tretter is the permanent replacement for former NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell.

Howell resigned last July after multiple scandals, including an ESPN report revealing his involvement as a paid, part-time consultant for The Carlyle Group – a private equity group seeking minority ownership in NFL franchises – which represented a conflict of interest for his job as the players union's top executive. Days after Howell's resignation, Tretter – then serving as the NFLPA's Chief Strategy Officer – also resigned amid the scandals, which included a confidentiality agreement the NFLPA made with the NFL to conceal grievance findings , and removed himself from consideration to replace Howell. Tretter told CBS Sports after he resigned from his previous executive position: "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. " LLOYD HOWELL: Former NFLPA exec charged union for strip club visits David White, formerly the national executive director of SAG-AFTRA, replaced Howell as interim executive director of the NFLPA in August after Howell's and Tretter's resignations.