It is my understanding (and I may VERY well be wrong) the new AD for UTexas would not allocate room in the stadium for the Green Brigade, but would block off a section if UNT wanted to buy the seats for the band. At approx $100 a seat, that's about 200 grand just for the traveling band.
I may very well be wrong about the bands, but it wouldn't surprise me if it is true.
The new AD is slashing budgets left and right. It's weird b/c the UT athletic budget is huge. But Steve Patterson comes from a money background and cuts waste at every point. Deloss Dodds had money and spent it. Patterson has money and is saving it. UT makes money by having those seats bought rather than having the opposing band sit there.
UT's athletic account is soon to be in a bank account in the Caymen Islands.