NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell steps down
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Lloyd Howell resigned as head of the NFL players union after investigations into collusion and coverups. The latest involved expensed strip club trips.
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None of the actions that have come to light through recent reporting indicate a healthy union with the players' interests at the core of its cause.
Lloyd Howell Jr. and two union employees visited the strip club in downtown Atlanta during this year’s NFLPA summit, according to expense reports obtained by ESPN.
NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell Jr. was accused of sexual discrimination and retaliation in a 2011 lawsuit stemming from his time with Booz Allen, a consulting company. It's unclear whether NFLPA members were informed about that lawsuit when they elected Howell to be their next executive director in 2023, according to ESPN.
Lloyd Howell resigned from his position after an outside investigator received documents showing he reportedly charged the union for two visits to strip clubs.