Texas A&M Football Fundraiser Beats Claims Over Inferior Seats

Texas A&M athletic department’s nonprofit fundraising arm defeated several claims Thursday from more than 30 donors who were displaced from their seats and offered less desirable tickets during a renovation of Kyle Stadium.

The 12th Man Foundation had the claims tossed under the First Amendment because its fundraising efforts are “inextricably linked to a public university that is largely supported by public funds,” the Texas Court of Appeals, Ninth District said.

Reversing a trial court’s order, the justices in Beaumont, Texas, said money the nonprofit raised to help with the $485 million renovation is “a matter of public concern” because ...