DeMaurice Smith is a name that doesn’t exactly inspire confidence, having served as executive director of the NFLPA since 2009. He has spearheaded the negotiations for the past two Collective Bargaining Agreement talks, the first leading to a player lockout in 2011, and the second passing by only the absolute slimmest of margins.
On Tuesday night, the union’s 14-member executive committee took a vote to determine whether or not Smith would remain in his role as executive director. A unanimous vote would mean that he would retain his job uncontested. Anything less would put the vote up to the player representatives.