At one point I read before the final decision for the 1970 realignment that the leagues were thinking of having one new conference include the AFL East and the NFL West. The other new conference would have included the NFL East and the AFL West.
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The merger was made in 1970
Both the Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers joined the NFL in 1976. Seattle joined the AFC and Tampa Bay joined the NFC. Due to divisional realignment Seattle is now an NFC team.
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Terry Bradshaw