JC Tretter resigning from NFLPA in another stunning move days after executive director scandal

The NFLPA’s nightmare saga has a new chapter. 

JC Tretter, the union’s chief strategy officer, is resigning from his position and removing himself from consideration to be the NFLPA’s interim executive director, he told CBS Sports on Sunday.

The news comes in the wake of executive director Lloyd Howell Jr.’s resignation last Thursday. 

“Over the last couple days, it has gotten very, very hard for my family. And that’s something I can’t deal with,” Tretter said. “So, the short bullet points are: I have no interest in being [executive director]. I have no interest in being considered. I’ve let the executive committee know that. I’m also going to leave the NFLPA in the coming days because I don’t have anything left to give the organization.”

Tretter, who had been in his role with the union since October 2024, played eight NFL seasons as a center with the Browns and Packers. 

He was the NFLPA’s player president in 2023 and oversaw the process that led to the hiring of the now-disgraced Howell, who stepped down amid reports over a controversial confidentiality agreement and pricey strip club outings he expensed to the union.