not begin the 1966 season on the active roster, two were traded (one of them for another player who made the squad); one was placed on the injured reserve list; four players were waived and claimed by other teams (for which those players played in 1966); three were placed on Atlanta's reserve list.  Only seven men were released entirely and did not play football.


76
The start of the 1967 season saw the return to the active roster of nineteen of the expansion draftees.  All but two played regularly throughout the season.  Two were traded during the season.


77
Eight of the original group of veterans remained on the active roster of the club throughout the following season.


78
Ultimately, thirteen of the forty-two veterans were traded.  In exchange forthose players, the club received fourteen draft choices and also five players who became Falcons starters.


79
Although none of the draftees remained on the squad after the 1968 season, others who had been acquired in exchange for those players were still with Atlanta.


80
These players may not have been the cream of the crop of veterans in the NFL, but they were far from "marginal" players.  The evidence, buttressed by the experts' testimony as to the relative superiority of the veterans over the rookies, clearly shows that the expansion draftees had substantial value.  Furthermore, the total valuation figure reached by the trial court was well within the range of figures supported by the evidence.


81
The district court was justified in finding that the witnesses were credible. "Tex" Schramm's name