Something had to give. Travel will be eased. Due to the new NFL geography, road trips will be shorter for many teams. Golic on the worst things Schedule inflexibility. Depending on the relative strength or weakness of certain divisions, Super Bowl winners could have a much easier schedule than someone who didn't even make the playoffs.
Geographic inconsistencies remain.
I would think some of the teams that were evicted might harbor some hard feelings towards those that got special consideration. No more first-class upgrades for poor media types. Information are applicable to this site.