If this means the WAC is a premiere conference, what are we to make of the fact that the WAC teams will make less than 3 percent of what SEC teams will take home from ESPN?

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Some Utahns are still being charged $12 by DirecTV to get The mtn. Which even DirecTV admits should not be happening.

Again, if you have at least the Choice or Total Choice package on DirecTV and you live anywhere in Utah, you should get The mtn. at no extra cost. That news apparently hasn't reached all the people who answer phones for DirecTV.

Both the MWC and The mtn. have been urging DirecTV to get the word to its employees for quite some time.

According to DirecTV, "There may be some confusion at the customer service level. Some of our agents may have used the wrong 'look-up tool' when asked about The mtn.'s availability. This is being addressed and there should not be any more confusion."

Let's hope not. Just don't let anybody convince you to pay $12 if you live in Utah.

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