NFL: Buffalo Bills founder Ralph Wilson dies at 95

The NFL lost the person regarded as the league's "conscience" on Tuesday, when Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson, 95, died at his home in Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich.

In 1959, Wilson founded the Bills in helping establish the upstart American Football League, whose owners were dubbed "The Foolish Club" for having the chutzpah to challenge the NFL. Some five years later, Wilson played an influential role in setting the framework of the two leagues' merger.

The last surviving member of the original AFL owners, Wilson gave up daily oversight of the club on Jan. 1, 2013.

Wilson earned a well-established reputation for loyalty to fans and the stands he took against franchise relocation.

No dunking. It may be a good thing that the Saints' Tony Gonzalez is retiring or else he would be receiving a penalty after every TD. The NFL seems to be cracking down on anything remotely fun for the players, and the latest move is to no longer allow players to dunk the football over the crossbar as part of their touchdown celebration.

Faster replays? Owners voted to change the league's use of instant replay. Referees will still make final calls on the field, but now will have the ability to directly communicate with the command center at the league office in New York. That is intended to help speed up the process of reviews by helping guide the referee to view better angles.

Owners also voted in a rule to prohibit roll-up blocks to the side of the leg to help limit injuries.

Kelly's cancer. Hall of Famer Jim Kelly's oral cancer has returned, and he will have surgery on Thursday, according to ESPN. Tweets from his wife Jill say that the cancer is "aggressive." The Hall of Famer, 54, played for the Buffalo Bills beginning in 1986 and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002, holding virtually all the Bills' passing records.

IPOs for athletes. San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis is about to be the first player to be traded like a stock. Fantex Inc. plans to operate an exchange for athletes and will orchestrate Davis' initial public offering of stock after getting regulatory approval from the SEC. The deal requires Fantex to pay Davis $4 million in exchange for 10 percent of his future earnings, including some of his off-field income. To cover Davis' fee, Fantex seeks to sell 421,100 shares of stock at $10 apiece.