The UFPA is led by presidents Kenneth Farrow II and Nick Temple and Board Executives Ryan Cave and Don Povia.
After the Alliance of American Football infamously shut down mid-season in 2019,[7] leaving open medical bills while some players to find their own flights home,[8] and the XFL too shut down mid-season, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, players were left without much recourse after the league's bankruptcy filing.
[17] On December 15, 2022, the UFPA, United Steelworkers and the league parent company FOX Sports tentatively agreed on a new three-year collective bargaining agreement starting at the 2023 season.
[19] On March 10, 2023 XFL players (among them Farrow, who had signed with the Arlington Renegades that season) have filed a petition (through the United Steelworkers) for a representation election with Region 16 of the NLRB,[20] with the backing of the AFL-CIO Sports Council.
[26] After the USW and UFLPA parted ways in August 2024, the UFLPA issued a statement warning its members that it preferred affiliating with an established union and to pursue a "confidential background check on any newly organized union posing as 'united'(.