I disagree. These UT System schools are placed on a very strict budget and you have to follow their demands, ie orange in the uniforms, enrollment requirements, etc. etc.
My sources have indicated that UTSA's athletics budget is at the bottom of C-USA and UTEP is not far behind.
Being tied to the UT system certainly has it's advantages but I do not think budget is one of those. UT puts the bulk of their ample resources into the flagship.
For all of the boneheaded decisions our administration has made over the years, the one thing I am grateful for is the fact we have maintained our autonomy. Can you imagine if we were bought out by UT or A&M and had to incorporate burnt orange into our green? Believe it or not, we had an AD who was Texas who tried to do just that (Craig Helwig). This was the logo he tried to sell everyone on: