[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Pat McAfee [@PatMcAfeeShow](/creator/twitter/PatMcAfeeShow) on x 3.3M followers Created: 2025-07-18 19:35:14 UTC The former NFLPA Executive Director, Lloyd Howell, utilized NFLPA money under the guise of transportation and bettering The NFLPA to get some shoulder rubs on the second floor of Tootsies… Reports are saying he was in there for 7-8 hours… This dude might’ve been trying to move the NFLPA offices there. “I’ll take some food, some dances, and a bed.” It’s all straight out of a “take advantage of professional athletes” movie but the reality of the situation is… This dude was hired by the players to represent, strategize, and ultimately make them/us better. As he was getting hired, we all learned of a multiple hundred million dollar fraud case that was ongoing with his previous company, the players that selected this dude told us that they trusted him and liked the pick. Well… I don’t know what it was exactly like before my time in the NFL (2009 Draft)… But I know that literally since a week after I got drafted, at my rookie symposium listening to Demaurice Smith speak for the first time, all the way thru now.. the NFLPA has been led by people who would much rather be known that they’re the heads of the NFLPA than actually work and act like they are the heads of the NFLPA. These dudes think they’re celebrities. These dudes think they’re powerful. These dudes hire all of their friends and overpay them with the players’ money. Then these dudes flex while using and abusing all of the connections that the players and the league have worked their asses off their entire lives for… and act like sanctimonious heroes thru it all. The NFLPA needs a dawg that knows legitimate business and generating capital running the NFLPA. We need people that have empathy for the players who play/played in the NFL and don’t just view them as an annual fee. We need creative negotiators, creators, and innovators. The league and the game are in an amazing place. The players of our sport have committed more of themselves to it than ever before. The public’s adoration of the product is higher than any league has ever had in the history of sport. EVERYBODY wants to do business with the NFL, the players should be seeking to be doing that as well. MONEY, PROTECTION, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PLAYERS. That’s the gig. Good luck to the current group of players on selecting the next leader. IT’S A PERFECT TIME TO BE A PLAYER.  XXXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [money](/topic/money) [executive director](/topic/executive-director) [Post Link](https://x.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1946292700422041683)
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Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow on x 3.3M followers
Created: 2025-07-18 19:35:14 UTC
The former NFLPA Executive Director, Lloyd Howell, utilized NFLPA money under the guise of transportation and bettering The NFLPA to get some shoulder rubs on the second floor of Tootsies… Reports are saying he was in there for 7-8 hours… This dude might’ve been trying to move the NFLPA offices there.
“I’ll take some food, some dances, and a bed.”
It’s all straight out of a “take advantage of professional athletes” movie but the reality of the situation is… This dude was hired by the players to represent, strategize, and ultimately make them/us better. As he was getting hired, we all learned of a multiple hundred million dollar fraud case that was ongoing with his previous company, the players that selected this dude told us that they trusted him and liked the pick.
Well…
I don’t know what it was exactly like before my time in the NFL (2009 Draft)… But I know that literally since a week after I got drafted, at my rookie symposium listening to Demaurice Smith speak for the first time, all the way thru now.. the NFLPA has been led by people who would much rather be known that they’re the heads of the NFLPA than actually work and act like they are the heads of the NFLPA. These dudes think they’re celebrities. These dudes think they’re powerful. These dudes hire all of their friends and overpay them with the players’ money. Then these dudes flex while using and abusing all of the connections that the players and the league have worked their asses off their entire lives for… and act like sanctimonious heroes thru it all.
The NFLPA needs a dawg that knows legitimate business and generating capital running the NFLPA. We need people that have empathy for the players who play/played in the NFL and don’t just view them as an annual fee. We need creative negotiators, creators, and innovators.
The league and the game are in an amazing place. The players of our sport have committed more of themselves to it than ever before. The public’s adoration of the product is higher than any league has ever had in the history of sport. EVERYBODY wants to do business with the NFL, the players should be seeking to be doing that as well.
MONEY, PROTECTION, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PLAYERS. That’s the gig.
Good luck to the current group of players on selecting the next leader.
IT’S A PERFECT TIME TO BE A PLAYER.
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