Overview

• The NFLPA’s executive committee denied reports that they requested Lloyd Howell Jr. to resign and reaffirmed their support for his leadership.
• Members established a structured process to examine Howell’s part-time consulting role with The Carlyle Group, a league-approved private equity firm.
• Howell’s consulting engagement with Carlyle Group, disclosed by media outlets, has raised questions about potential conflicts of interest.
• The union has filed an appeal of Christopher Droney’s January arbitration decision, which found that league executives urged owners to limit guaranteed player contract money.
• Former NFL star J. J. Watt publicly criticized the union’s statement as contradictory by highlighting its simultaneous denials of doubt and admission of an ongoing review.