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Last updated: June 29, 2026, 8:30 PM ET

NFL Legal & Labor

David Doty, the U.S. District Judge who presided over numerous NFL labor disputes and authored a pivotal 1992 ruling that enabled modern free agency, has died at age 96 died at 96. His courtroom decisions significantly shaped the league's labor relations and player contract landscape for decades.