‘”To me, the decision was a no-brainer,” Wilson told me several years ago. “It was a slam-dunk that we shouldn’t play. Fortunately (AFL commissioner) Joe Foss and his assistant (Milt Woodard) agreed with me. Some of my fellow owners were on the fence at first, hemming and hawing, but I was resolute in my decision. Had the commissioner forced us to play, I probably would have taken a forfeit-and we were in the playoff hunt at the time. That’s how strongly I felt about it.”‘