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Shortly Before Big NFL Sunday, League’s PR Guy Joe Lockhart Resigns

LOS ANGELES, CA, January 18, 2018 – On Thursday, NFL Executive VP/Communications Joe Lockhart told staffers he’s leaving his current post after the Super Bowl.

Lockhart lorded over the NFL’s PR Machine the last two years, a rough couple of seasons for the league’s image, in part, due to some players kneeling during the national anthem.

While Lockhart says he wasn’t forced out, often when a big corporation gets a lot of bad PR, they look for a new spin doctor.

Lockhart, who was Bill Clinton’s press secretary from 1998 to 2000, told staff members he’s leaving his current post to spend more time with his family, do political commentary, and possibly teach.

The NFL has hired executive search-firm Korn Ferry to look for his replacement.

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