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...AFC Central--Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh...
...AFC South--Jacksonville, Miami, Houston, Tennessee...
...AFC West--Denver, Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego...
...matter what happens, no team is going to get exactly what it wants (except Dallas). In the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, Pittsburgh, Cleveland [the present-day Baltimore Ravens], and Baltimore [the present-day Indianapolis Colts] all had to be coaxed to switch into the AFC. Once that was taken care of, the NFC alignment was determined by picking one plan at random out of five possibilities...
...upcoming realignment is much less complicated and contentious, however. The NFL has far surpassed its fellow professional leagues in terms of egalitarianism and fairness towards all. A committee of seven owners, one from each division, (the AFC Central gets two because it's bigger and better) has been working out the details...