{"id":45852,"date":"2025-08-05T01:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T01:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/45852\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T01:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T01:00:11","slug":"david-white-elected-interim-exec-director-of-nfl-players-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/45852\/","title":{"rendered":"David White Elected Interim Exec Director of NFL Players Association"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe NFL Players Association has elected a veteran entertainment labor<\/a> figure as its interim leader after former executive director Lloyd Howell resigned in July.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Sunday the players\u2019 union announced that they had appointed former SAG-AFTRA national executive director David White to the vacant leadership position following a \u201ca comprehensive, player-led process.\u201d The move follows Howell\u2019s resignation in a cloud of controversy on July 17 after two years as the union\u2019s top staffer.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe have full faith in David to take the union forward and operate in the best interests of our membership. David 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,\u201d NFLPA president Jalen Reeves-Maybin said in a statement. \u201cWe are confident that he will inspire solidarity and provide the necessary stability during this period of transition.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhite has a wealth of experience dealing with labor issues involving high-profile talent, having previously served as SAG-AFTRA\u2019s national executive director and chief negotiator between 2009 and 2021 after working as general counsel for the performers\u2019 union between 2002 and 2006. <\/p>\n

\n\tDuring his time leading the actors\u2019 union, White oversaw the 2012 merger of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. He also made inroads with new media agreements that helped SAG-AFTRA break into digital work and worked on protections against sexual harassment for union members.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhite was in the running for the executive director position at the NFLPA in 2023, though Howell ultimately won that election. The NFLPA has said it will soon commence a search process for a permanent staff leader.<\/p>\n

\n\t\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 in a statement. \u201cIt\u2019s a duty I do not take lightly, and I\u2019m committed to reestablishing trust and ensuring the union is serving its members best.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhite will join the NFLPA after it was rocked by scandal during Howell\u2019s two-year tenure. A part-time role that Howell held at The Carlyle Group during his time at the union was called a conflict of interest; further, Howell reportedly expensed the union for two trips to strip clubs.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhite\u2019s SAG-AFTRA biography<\/a> labels him a Kansas City Chiefs fan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL Players Association has elected a veteran entertainment labor figure as its interim leader after former executive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,1571,514,82],"class_list":["post-45852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-labor","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45852","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=45852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}