The NFLPA's Top Cop Tells All

EPISODE 358: Mr. Jones.

One of the richest labor unions in America has just elected a new Executive Director: a seven-figure job that serves as the direct counterpoint to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

Only a handful of people have ever held this office. And now it comes with a portfolio of total assets, according to the NFLPA’s latest federal filing, of more than $1.3 billion.

The man this union elected Executive Director, in 2023, was Lloyd Howell — who infamously resigned amid a corruption scandal, as reported on PTFO’s multi-part investigative series, last summer.

But it wasn’t only Howell who had to resign. His top lieutenant, former Browns lineman JC Tretter — the ex-player-president who engineered that 2023 election and served as Howell’s “Chief Strategy Officer” — stepped down three days later.

Yesterday, however… as predicted on PTFO… this happened:

I’ve been reporting, since last year, that JC Tretter has been angling for the job of Executive Director this entire time. It’s an essential lens that explains this scandal.

And it’s the reason our guest this week was one employee who refused, in writing, to be complicit with any of it.

YOUTUBE SPOILER ALERT:

Sincerely,

Pablo