A massive AT&T outage is impacting NFL business. The NFL Players Association scheduled a virtual agent seminar for today. It got started, and then it crapped out.
NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith believes the Rooney Rule should be scrapped because it doesn't work. Possibly, it will go for other reasons — if/when the recent Supreme Court decision regarding affirmative action in higher education spreads to the employment context.
DeMaurice Smith has one more piece of business that he wants to accomplish before he leaves his position as NFL Players Association executive director.
NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith has offered an alternative to the Rooney Rule.
Bringing impactful change to the NFL’s diversity efforts will be one of the biggest challenges for new NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell when he officially takes over for DeMaurice Smith.
The outgoing NFLPA leader called for the NFL to eliminate the controversial rule in lieu of sweeping reforms to the league's hiring practices.
Roger Goodell won't be laughing after he reads DeMaurice Smith's latest project. Smith, the outgoing executive director of the NFL Players Association, has co-authored an article that will appear in the next edition of the Yale Law and Policy Review.
Smith assumed the role of NFLPA executive director in 2009 at a pivotal time, and he helped negotiate for higher salaries and better benefits than ever before.
The NFLPA unveiled their new executive director on Wednesday, introducing Lloyd Howell as the leader tasked with overseeing the union moving forward. Details regarding his selection and expected start date have emerged.
Lloyd Howell will succeed DeMaurice Smith and become the union's fourth ever executive director amid labor peace ensured through the 2030 season.
DeMaurice Smith to leave the role he’s held since 2009. With players and fans of the Seattle Seahawks and the rest of the league still adjusting to the 17 game season ushered in by the 2020 collective bargaining agreement, the NFLPA announced Wednesday that a new executive director will be put in place ahead of the next CBA negotiations.
Not much is known with respect to the details of the NFLPA’s search for a new executive director, but it will soon come to a conclusion.
The NFL soon will pick a successor to executive director DeMaurice Smith. It’s still not officially known who the candidates are. Sports Business Journal reports that the NFLPA has scheduled a June meeting for the purposes of selecting a new executive director.
Smith wrote a letter concerning the current state of Lamar Jackson's free agency and its broader implications across the NFL.
It’s been obvious ever since the ink dried on Deshaun Watson‘s five-year, fully-guaranteed contract that Lamar Jackson wants one. But for a single stray report from several weeks back that Lamar never asked for such a deal, everything said and done privately and publicly has pointed to Lamar wanting the same structure from the Ravens [more]
As the outgoing Secretary of Labor prepares to take over the NHL Players Association, the outgoing head of the NFL Players Association could be the new Secretary of Labor.
This is the second time in three months a high-ranking NFL executive has denounced the NFL Draft event
The NFL draft has become a year-long event, but DeMaurice Smith, the leader of the NFL Players Association, would like to see some of that scaled back.
NFLPA chief DeMaurice Smith proposed Wednesday to abolish the annual NFL scouting combine and replace it with regional pro days. Smith made the comments at the NFLPA's annual Super Bowl conference in Phoenix.
The NFLPA has had stability at the top for over a decade, but it will have a new leader in the relatively near future.
The NFL and NFL Players Association aren't mandating that players get vaccinated to participate in offseason activities or the 2021 season, and NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith lashed out at Beane
Smith's comments come after players from at least half of the league's 32 teams announced they would not be participating in voluntary workouts.
The NFL and National Football League Players Association are several days and one game away from completing a full season on time amid the coronavirus pandemic.
If fans can’t attend games or capacity is dramatically limited, it would be hard to envision a scenario in which the salary cap in any league increases in 2021.
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