Controversial JC Tretter resigns from NFLPA in shocking move
By Tyler Reed
The NFLPA executive director's position is one of the top subjects heading into the 2025 NFL season, and former NFLPA president JC Tretter has made a massive announcement that will change the future of the union.
On Sunday, Tretter told CBS Sports that he will not be a candidate for the executive director's position, nor will he hold any other position in the union.
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Tretter announced that he would be resigning from his position with the NFLPA. The former NFL center has held the position of chief strategy officer for the NFLPA since last October. However, that will no longer be the case.
New at @CBSSports: JC Tretter is resigning from the NFLPA. In an hourlong Sunday conversation, he clears up "mistruths" about his tenure and explains why he's leaving the union with the interim leadership role almost in his grasp https://t.co/iAdvnCeZej
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) July 20, 2025
"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. I want to get my story out there, and I don't want it to look like this was sour grapes or I didn't get the job and I wanted the job. All I want to do is tell my story and then go be with my family," Tretter told CBS Sports' Jonathan Jones.
We’ve gotta be the dumbest Union in all of sports
— Will Compton (@_willcompton) July 20, 2025
Ya —let’s vote for the guy who was in charge of hiring Lloyd Howell.
Lets vote for the guy who swept a lot of shit under the rug when NFL owners were colluding to not give out guaranteed contracts
The NFLPA is constantly… https://t.co/oAepJKmGM8
When it was announced that Tretter would be a candidate for the executive director role over the weekend, NFL veteran Will Compton posted a scathing message on his social media about the potential of Tretter being involved.
It appears the NFLPA has a mess on its hands.
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