AFL officials met in Oakland to discuss a number of league matters, including plans to stock the Oakland team with players. The league officially assigned to the team the contracts of more than a dozen players who had originally been drafted by Minneapolis/St Paul, but had been signed by other AFL teams in the interim between the demise of that franchise and the creation of the Oakland team. Among the players were center Jim Otto and halfback Abner Haynes. Otto would go on to be one of the greatest Raiders of all time and Haynes would be a top back in the first fear years of the league, but not for Oakland.
Dallas owner, Lamar Hunt pointed out that Minneapolis/St Paul had traded the rights to Haynes to Dallas before parting the league and that superseded Oakland's rights. He did concede that Oakland should be compensated by awarding another player to them, or perhaps a choice in next year's draft.
In another unusual situation, Boston University Gene Prebola was on the list, but hadn't been drafted by Minneapolis/St Paul. Some reports at the time seem to indicate that MSP had obtained his signing rights from Houston, the team that had drafted him, but I couldn't find any specific news items to that effect at the time it would have happened.
Contracts awarded to team by AFL
George Blanch, defensive back
Clord Boyette, lineman
Willie Boykin, defensive tackle
Carmen Cavalli, end
Fran Curci, quarterback
Purcell Daniels, fullback
Dan Edgington, end
Abner Haynes, halfback
Sam McCord, quarterback
Don Norton, end
Jim Otto, center
Bob Parker, lineman
Gene Prebola, end
Jim Woodard, defensive lineman