US EditionEx-NFLPA Boss Reportedly Dedicated His Parking Spot To O.J. Simpson After Having It Enlarged To Protect His Porsche
WASHINGTON, D.C., JUL 23 – Lloyd Howell Jr. resigned amid scandals including misuse of union funds and conflicts of interest, leaving the NFL Players Association with a leadership void before key labor negotiations.
- On July 17, 2025 at the NFLPA's Washington, D.C. headquarters, Lloyd Howell Jr. resigned as executive director, saying `my leadership has become a distraction to the important work the NFLPA advances every day`.
- Earlier this month, ESPN reported that the union's leadership faced turmoil after an outside investigator found Howell expensed two strip club visits, while Howell was a consultant for The Carlyle Group, raising conflict-of-interest concerns.
- Sources told ESPN that Howell ordered the NFLPA facilities department to merge two parking spots to safeguard his Porsche Cayenne Turbo, and he requested renumbering as 32 in tribute to O.J. Simpson.
- On Tuesday, Jalen Reeves-Maybin said the union began selecting an interim executive director, Howell and J.C. Tretter resigned, leaving a leadership void, and Reeves-Maybin said the union started the process.
- Negotiations will focus on the 18-game season proposal and, with the current collective bargaining agreement , the deadline looms requiring NFLPA approval.
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Ex-NFLPA Boss Reportedly Dedicated His Parking Spot To O.J. Simpson After Having It Enlarged To Protect His Porsche
Former NFLPA boss Lloyd Powell The NFLPA is currently on the hunt for a new leader after Lloyd Howell Jr. resigned earlier this week following some revelations about some questionable charges on his expense account. Now, a new report claims he used the resources at his disposal to get a bigger parking spot for his Porsche before going out of his way to use that renovation to pay tribute to O.J. Simpson. It’s been close to 70 years since NFL play…
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