Ten Possible Candidates for the Next NFLPA Executive Director

By Christopher R. Deubert, Senior Writer The NFL Players Association’s (NFLPA) Board of Player Representatives will reportedly be meeting in June to consider and potentially vote on a new Executive Director to replace DeMaurice Smith, who has held the position since March 2009.  No candidate has been publicly identified and thus what follows is an educated guess at possible candidates for the position. First, it is helpful to revisit the process by which Smith initially obtained the