Editing New York Jets (section)

===Harry Wismer===
[[Harry Wismer]], a businessman, had been interested in sports for much of his life when he was granted a charter franchise in the American Football League.<ref name="H. Wismer">Chastain, pp. 41–43</ref> Wismer was a three-sport [[Letterman (sports)|letterman]] in high school, and went on to play football for the [[University of Florida]] and [[Michigan State University]] before a knee injury ended his playing career.<ref name="H. Wismer"/> Undeterred, Wismer began his career as a [[Sports commentator|broadcaster]] with Michigan State and became a pioneer of the industry. Later, as the Titans owner, Wismer formulated a league-wide policy which allowed broadcasting rights to be shared equally among the teams.<ref name="H. Wismer"/>

Wismer, who had previously had a 25% stake in the [[Washington Redskins]], was interested in the American Football League and was given a franchise to develop in New York. Wismer, whose philosophy was who you knew mattered most, tried to make the team and the league a success.<ref name="H. Wismer"/> His efforts began to accrue debt as the Titans' first two seasons were mediocre with attendance dropping in the team's second year.<ref name="H. Wismer"/> The franchise was sold for $1&nbsp;million to a five-man syndicate headed by Sonny Werblin of the Gotham Football Club, Inc., in February 1963.<ref name="H. Wismer"/>