The former executive director, who resigned from the NFLPA on Thursday, also stepped down from his position with The Carlyle Group.

Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Hold onto your pool noodles, it's hot out there. We're covering three huge stories this week, and I don't want to shortchange any of them: Two NFL players union officials resigned in disgrace,

Lloyd Howell Jr., the former executive director of the NFL's Players Association, resigned from his position on Thursday following an investigation around Howell charging the union for visits to strip clubs, per ESPN.