Last year, Arthur McAfee tried to become the executive director of the NFL Players Association. This year, he has become an executive with the NFL.
The league has announced that McAfee is the new Senior Vice President of Player Engagement.
“McAfee will oversee the NFL Player Engagement staff,” the release states, “part of the NFL Football Operations team under the direction of Executive Vice President Troy Vincent, which assists players in reaching their highest potential on and off the field by providing guidance, support and resources before, during and after their NFL experiences.”
McAfee previously served as an in-house lawyer with the NFLPA. He was one of nine candidates for the job that DeMaurice Smith retained in 2015.
Vincent, before becoming the NFL’s executive V.P. of football operations, was NFLPA president and at one point believed to be the successor to the late Gene Upshaw.
