NFL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION representatives are set to vote this weekend on a successor to disgraced former leader Lloyd Howell, and a divisive former executive in Howell's regime appears high among three finalists to get the job, multiple union sources told ESPN. JC Tretter was the union's player president from 2020 to 2024 and its chief strategy officer from October 2024 until July 2025, when Howell's tenure ended following revelations, uncovered by ESPN, of secret deals with the NFL, conflicts of interest and strip-club visits charged to the union. Tretter also resigned following ESPN's reports. He told ESPN he was unaware of an agreement Howell had made with the league to conceal from players an arbitrator's findings related to NFL owners' collusion on pay. He was a candidate to serve as interim executive director after Howell resigned but pulled his name from consideration when he stepped down.…