Claim: Says the University of Texas can afford to build a medical school because it has a $7 billion endowment and its football program had a $50 million profit last year.
Fact-check: Austin resident says University of Texas has $7 billion endowment and football team had a $50 million profit, so it can afford to pay for local medical school
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: W. Gardner Selby
Date published: 2012-10-19T00:00:00