Tex Schramm, the Dallas Cowboy president-general manager,...

Tex Schramm, the Dallas Cowboy president-general manager, acknowledged in New York that his team attempted to sign USFL players but insisted that negotiations were for services after the expiration of USFL contracts.

Schramm, testifying for a second day, was cross-examined by USFL attorney Harvey Myerson during the USFL’s $1.65-billion antitrust trial against the NFL in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

Myerson pressed Schramm as to whether NFL teams were attempting to lure away USFL players, including the New Jersey Generals’ Herschel Walker.

“It’s possible that negotiations were held or talks were held,” Schramm said, “but nobody was signed until their contracts were up.”