NFL Players Association president Jalen Reeves-Maybin released a statement Tuesday declaring the union is committed to "serving the best interests of our membership" and promising an interim executive director would be voted on "in the near future.

The decision comes after a series of controversies facing the NFLPA, including concerns about a potential conflict of interest.

Lloyd Howell's resignation Thursday night as executive director of the NFL Players Association was not that much of a surprise. For weeks, ever since the secret documents from the NFL-NFLPA collusion grievance were leaked,