NFLPA's problems continue to mount with latest resignation 

The NFL Players Association is now looking for a new executive director and a new chief strategy officer. 

NFLPA chief strategy officer JC Tretter resigned from the union Sunday. He and NFLPA chief player officer Don Davis were considered the favorites to replace former NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell Jr., who resigned Thursday night following multiple scandals.

"Over the last couple days, it has gotten very, very hard for my family. And that's something I can't deal with," Tretter told CBS Sports NFL insider Jonathan Jones. "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 recently came under fire for his actions while with the organization. According to The Athletic's Dianna Russini and Jourdan Rodrigue, the former Cleveland Browns center had suggested that players could fake injuries as a contract-negotiation tactic. The NFL then filed a grievance over his comments in 2023. On Feb. 20, it was ruled they had violated the collective bargaining agreement. 

Tretter also admitted he lambasted Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson (now with the New York Giants) in a text to former NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith for not getting a bigger deal in 2022.

Wilson signed a five-year, $242.5M deal with Denver, but it wasn't fully guaranteed. Fully guaranteed deals were a key part of the legal case that led to Howell's resignation. In January, an arbitrator ruled there wasn't sufficient evidence of collusion between the league and owners to keep player salaries down, which would have violated the CBA. Howell reportedly hid this information from players.

"I'm not resigning because what I've been accused of is true," Tretter said. "I'm not resigning in disgrace. I'm resigning because this has gone too far for me and my family, and I've sucked it up for six weeks. And I felt like I've been kind of left in the wind, taking shots for the organization." 

Tretter's decision is another bad look for the NFLPA, which already finds itself in a huge mess.