Feb 5, 2025; New Orleans, LA, USA; The NFLPA logo at press conference at the Super Bowl LIX media center at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Three names have emerged as finalists in the NFL Players Association’s search for a permanent executive director, according to reports from ESPN and The Athletic.
The list includes interim executive director David White, former NFLPA president and later chief strategy officer JC Tretter and American Conference commissioner Tim Pernetti, as first reported by ESPN.
The NFLPA’s 32 player representatives could be asked to vote on the position at their annual meeting on March 13-18 in San Diego.
The search followed the resignation of NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell Jr. last July, one month after a series of controversies were revealed, including a reported conflict of interest and a decision to hide key parts of an arbitration ruling from the players.
Howell lasted only two years after the former chief financial officer of technology consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton was selected by a 10-person NFLPA executive committee. The NFLPA was criticized for what was viewed by some as a secretive 16-month process that led to Howell’s hiring.
He was replaced by former player Tretter, the NFLPA’s chief strategy officer, but he also stepped down in the wake of the Howell controversy after he had presided over the search process. Tretter told ESPN in 2025 that confidentiality in the search process became more important after leaks to the media in previous elections.
Labor executive White has been in charge of the NFLPA on an interim basis since August.
NFLPA president Jalen Reeves-Maybin, a linebacker with the Chicago Bears, in a statement published by ESPN on Friday, said the executive committee is “conducting a comprehensive search that includes a strong pool of highly qualified candidates. Out of respect for the integrity of the process and those involved, we will not comment on or disclose individual names.”
A finalist when Howell was picked for the post in 2023, White has labor experience as national executive director and chief negotiator of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) from 2009-21.
Tretter, who played offensive line for the Green Bay Packers (2014-16) and Cleveland Browns (2017-21), was player president of the NFLPA from 2020-24. He told CBS Sports upon his resignation that he wasn’t involved in the confidentiality agreement that Howell made with the league to keep from players an arbitrator’s rulings on possible collusion by NFL owners.
Pernetti, the American Conference commissioner since June 2024, is a former president of IMG Academy, an athletic powerhouse boarding school in Bradenton, Fla.
Media reports listed other candidates, who are not finalists, as former players Dominique Foxworth, Matt Schaub and Jeff Saturday. Former NFLPA president Foxworth (2012-14) and Saturday, who are now ESPN commentators, said they were interviewed by the firm running the search but not by the executive committee.
Schaub, a former player rep and candidate for the post in 2023, did not respond to attempts for comment, per ESPN.
–Field Level Media
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![George Russell ‘lost for words’ after Canadian Grand Prix This was supposed to be the summer of George.Despite arriving at the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix 20 points behind teammate Kimi Antonelli in the Drivers’ Championship race, George Russell was on track for a weekend in Montreal that would put him right back in the fight. Russell captured pole position for the F1 Sprint race on Friday, held off Lando Norris and Antonelli after a hard fight with his teammate to take the win in that race on Saturday, and then took pole position for Sunday’s main event with a strong performance in qualifying.And after yet another hard fight with Antonelli in the early stages of Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix, with several changes between the two Mercedes drivers, Russell was leading the race.Then, on Lap 30, his car stopped on the track. His race was over.His frustration seemed to boil over as he exited his challenger:And with Antonelli going on to take his fourth consecutive Grand Prix victory, Russell is left to wonder if his championship hopes have been brought to a halt as well.“Disbelief,” said Russell to the official F1 channel when asked how he felt following his retirement, which the team attributed to a power unit failure. “It feels like somebody doesn’t want me to fight or compete for this championship.“Three out of the last five races there’s just been something really going against us. [I’m] just a bit lost for words right now.”Russell managed to find a silver lining after the race, pointing at how he responded to the “doubters” and the “chat” following the Miami Grand Prix, where he missed out on a podium for the second consecutive Grand Prix.“Yeah, I loved the battle,” he said to the F1 channel. “I was happy with how I handled it, how I drove and I’m just pleased with the weekend in terms of my own personal performance.“There were a lot of doubters maybe after Miami and a lot of chat, but I know what I can do. Pole in the Sprint, win the Sprint, pole in Qualifying, leading the race.“Hard battles, I really loved the battle and I wanted to continue for 30 more laps. I would have loved to see how it would have panned out but here we are.”When Russell announced his new contract with Mercedes prior to last season’s United States Grand Prix, he outlined how staying with the Silver Arrows gives him the best chance to win a championship. “Well for me I’m really happy to be continuing [with Mercedes] because the truth is if every single seat was available for next year and I could choose any single team to race for, I believe Mercedes is my best chance of winning the championship next year, and for me winning is is more about winning than it is about money or sponsor days or anything,” said Russell to the media, including SB Nation, during the media day in Austin last October.“I want to win, and this is what I’m fighting for.”There is certainly a long way to go this season, but at the moment Russell trails Antonelli by 43 points in the standings, with his teammate set to bring a four-race winning streak to the Monaco Grand Prix in two weeks’ time.Perhaps the summer of George can begin then. #George #Russell #lost #words #Canadian #Grand #Prix](https://i2.wp.com/platform.sbnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-24-at-6.52.17PM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.31466470154754%2C0%2C99.370670596905%2C100&w=1200&ssl=1 "George Russell ‘lost for words’ after Canadian Grand Prix This was supposed to be the summer of George.Despite arriving at the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix 20 points behind teammate Kimi Antonelli in the Drivers’ Championship race, George Russell was on track for a weekend in Montreal that would put him right back in the fight. 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His race was over.His frustration seemed to boil over as he exited his challenger:And with Antonelli going on to take his fourth consecutive Grand Prix victory, Russell is left to wonder if his championship hopes have been brought to a halt as well.“Disbelief,” said Russell to the official F1 channel when asked how he felt following his retirement, which the team attributed to a power unit failure. “It feels like somebody doesn’t want me to fight or compete for this championship.“Three out of the last five races there’s just been something really going against us. 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