NFL Union Boss In Trouble For Strip Club Expenses

Have you ever had a job where you get to use the corporate expense account or credit card? It's a sweet perk you get usually when you have to travel out of town on business. Traveling out of town sucks because you have to be away from your family and kids, but the card almost makes it alright. Obviously, it comes with the typical rules, you know...Use it when necessary, blah blah blah. To me that means, room service, pay per view, hotel dry cleaning...all necessities. What it doesn't mean is hiring a car service, picking up your boys and hitting up the strip club all on the corporate card...allegedly.

Lloyd Howell Jr., who is now the former NFL Players Association boss now that he was fired errr I mean resigned earlier this week. The Union hired an outside investigator to audit Howell's expenses after his limousine bill came in. The car service began at the Fort Lauderdale Airport at 10:26pm according to reports and dropped him off at his home around 6:00am the next morning.

There were a few stops on the trip including Tootsie's Cabaret which is apparently the "World's Largest Strip Club." It's 76,000 square feet according to reports, it's also "Full Nude and No. 1 Rated"...their words not mine.

For some reason these expenses were flagged and while they were still under review dude hit up another strip club this time for the NFLPA summit in Atlanta. Apparently, Howell and some employees went to Magic City which is another strip club. Howell withdrew $2426 from an atm at the club. They also charged two VIP Rooms. The NFLPA summit is an annual event to build leadership among employees.

Howell said the he used the strip club as a "player engagement event to support and grow the union."

It should be noted that no player's names were listed on receipts or reports. How bad is this? Bob Stropp, a veteran labor lawyer said, "That's pretty horrible. That's unbelievable. I don't know how you get around that. It's hard to believe anyone would be so stupid."

Howell was elected president last year and was paid $3.6 million. At his former job he did the same thing. In 2015 Howell and a senior vice president of a corporation visited a Manhattan, NY strip club and ran up thousands of dollars. The VP was fired and Howell was reprimanded.

Thursday night Howell resigned saying, "It's clear that my leadership has become a distraction to the important work the NFLPA advances everyday. For this reason, I have informed the NFLPA Executive Committee that I am stepping down as Executive Director of the NFLPA and Chairman of the Board of NFL Players effective immediately."

Hey look, at the end of the day there is nothing wrong with a grown man visiting a strip club. Personally, I prefer casinos but whatever, him visiting isn't the problem. Him not paying or more specifically charging everything to the company is the issue. Damn it Howell, you made $3.6 mil last year but your pulling out $2500 in cash from an atm on the company? He obviously didn't learn his lesson after 2015 when he got his VP fired. My favorite part of this whole incident is when Howell says, " It's clear my leadership has become a distraction." Yeah dude no kidding! Your desire to make it rain with the company's money has just cost your a $3.6 million a year job...nice work. That labor lawyer was right, it is horrible, unbelievable, and most of all stupid.