The NFLPA leadership worked with the league to cover up a finding of collusion related to guaranteed contracts. There is a historical trend of prioritizing owners' interests over players' rights within the NFLPA. Lloyd Howell Jr., the new NFLPA head, has connections to the Carlyle Group, raising suspicions about potential conflicts of interest. The NFL's capability for backroom union-busting is evident in its collaboration with NFLPA leadership while marginalizing players. The NFLPA is now considering appealing the arbitration ruling that it initially endorsed and concealed.
The NFLPA leadership opted to join the league in covering up an arbitrator's finding that owners conspired to avoid handing out guaranteed contracts.
NFLPA leadership has always operated on the notion that keeping the owners happy is the path to survival for the hundreds of players whose careers are too short.
Lloyd Howell Jr. is a paid part-time consultant for The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm trying to gain ownership stakes within the league.
The NFL has always been much better at its backroom union-busting, and working with NFLPA leadership to the exclusion of its membership takes that mastery to new levels.
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