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The first rule when the NFL and AFL were vying for college players in the early 1960s was there are no rules.
Teams banded together in their battle against the other league by allowing some leeway during their drafts. Which may explain how the Jets were able to choose Oklahoma s two-time All-America linebacker Carl McAdams in the third round of the 1966 AFL Draft. Actually, I was drafted with the first choice by the Jets. We d already made our agreements on what was going to be done, my pay and everything, McAdams said. And they came to me and said, Would it bother you to be the third-round choice?