{"id":24772,"date":"2025-07-20T23:13:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T23:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/24772\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T23:13:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T23:13:05","slug":"j-c-tretter-to-resign-from-nflpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/24772\/","title":{"rendered":"J.C. Tretter To Resign From NFLPA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instead of being a candidate to replace\u00a0Lloyd Howell as the NFLPA\u2019s executive director, J.C. Tretter\u00a0will instead step aside from the union. The former NFLPA president said in an interview with CBS Sports\u2019 Jonathan Jones<\/a> he will resign. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cOver the last couple days, it has gotten very, very hard for my family. And that\u2019s something I can\u2019t deal with,\u201d\u00a0Tretter said.\u00a0\u201cSo, the short bullet points are: I have no interest in being [executive director]. I have no interest in being considered; I\u2019ve let the executive committee know that. I\u2019m also going to leave the NFLPA in the coming days because I don\u2019t have anything left to give the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n

Howell received backing from the NFLPA before, days later, deciding to step down<\/a>. Tretter \u2013 who was a key figure in the Howell hire and the union\u2019s actions during his tenure at the helm \u2013 has also emerged as the source of backlash with a number of revelations being made about his conduct. Currently the union\u2019s chief strategy officer, Tretter was among the names listed<\/a> as potential Howell replacements on an interim basis. Shortly after a meeting of player reps and the executive committee, however, things have changed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the guys [in the union], and that\u2019s why I\u2019ve done what I\u2019ve done for the last six years is because I love what they do and who they are and the mission of the organization,\u201d\u00a0the 34-year-old added, noting he did not conceive a ploy to usurp Howell as the executive director. \u201cAnd I think what I realized this morning when I woke up\u2026 is that I fell in love with the idea of what this place could be. And over the last six weeks, I\u2019ve realized what this place is, and the delta between those two things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tretter\u2019s interview contains details about the process by which Howell was hired in 2023. A shift to a more streamlined vetting and interview process resulted in a hire shrouded in secrecy compared to previous ones. Tretter also noted the NFLPA\u2019s executive voted 10-1 against Howell (with his vote being one of the 10) in a straw poll but decided not to mention it to the union\u2019s general membership. Brought in with the hopes of leading the way through CBA talks, Howell\u2019s tenure came to an abrupt end after revelations about his role in keeping collusion grievance findings hidden<\/a> as well as conflict of interest concerns<\/a>. Tretter\u2019s connections to Howell (and thus the scandals) made him a target for scrutiny over the past few days.<\/p>\n

Tretter expressed regret during the interview about his remarks made<\/a> about Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson<\/a>\u00a0with respect his lack of a fully guaranteed contract. The former NFL center also offered an apology for his comments suggesting running backs could feign injury as a negotiating tactic. That spurred a grievance against the NFLPA which the league won<\/a> and which resulted in the union firing the arbitrator involved in the case.<\/p>\n

In a sign of the growing consternation over his presence in the organization, Tretter added he feels many of the \u201cattacks\u201d he has received in recent weeks have come from within the NFLPA. With the union seeking a new leader, Tretter will not take part in the search process nor will he stay on in any capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Instead of being a candidate to replace\u00a0Lloyd Howell as the NFLPA\u2019s executive director, J.C. Tretter\u00a0will instead step aside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[21889,10669,21890,99],"class_list":["post-24772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-j-c-tretter","tag-newsstand","tag-nfl-players-association","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}