Former SAG-AFTRA executive director David White was elected interim executive director of the NFL Players Association on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
White replaces Lloyd Howell, who stepped down last month amid a series of revelations that created a distraction for the players\u2019 union.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have full faith in David to take the union forward and operate in the best interests of our membership,\u201d NFLPA President Jalen Reeves-Maybin said in a statement. \u201cDavid has spent much of his career fighting for collectively bargained rights in the labor movement and is committed to putting players first in all the union does. We are confident that he will inspire solidarity and provide the necessary stability during this period of transition.\u201d<\/p>\n
White was chosen among multiple internal and external candidates. A voting player representative from all 32 teams participated in the Board\u2019s vote, a person with knowledge of the details told The Associated Press. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the conversations were private, said the Board conducted interviews with each candidate over the last two weeks and the process was player-led and voted on by the Board.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am grateful to the NFLPA\u2019s player leadership for entrusting me with the privilege and responsibility to guide their union as interim executive director,\u201d White said. \u201cIt\u2019s a duty I do not take lightly, and I\u2019m committed to re-establishing trust and ensuring the union is serving its members best. I look forward to working with the entire NFLPA team to protect players\u2019 health and safety, secure their financial well-being, and further strengthen their voice to shape their futures.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reeves-Maybin said a thorough search process for a permanent executive director will start soon.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis process will continue to be player led, as the strength of our union has and will always lie with our membership,\u201d Reeves-Maybin said.<\/p>\n
White, a veteran labour executive, has guided some of the most prominent entertainment and financial organizations in the world. He is the CEO of 3CG Ventures, a premier executive coaching and strategic consulting firm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former SAG-AFTRA executive director David White was elected interim executive director of the NFL Players Association on Sunday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-43830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}