After University of Texas, All Students Who Kneel During the National Anthem Have Their Scholarships Revoked and Are Expelled From School!.

On Oct. 12, 2023, SpaceXMania.com published an article positing that five University of Texas at Austin football players who kneeled during the national anthem had their scholarships revoked because of their act of protest.

The article was also cross-posted onto their Facebook page where many commenters took the headline at face value. “Praises to the school for standing for Respect,” read the post’s caption, making no mention of the satirical tag the article was given on their website. The story began as follows: Please note that the articles under the category “SATIRE” are satirical in nature and are not meant to be taken seriously. These articles are meant to be humorous and are often entirely made up. We make no claim that the information presented in these articles is true or accurate.

Articles about football players being suspended for kneeling are satirical pieces that SpaceXMania frequently publishes. Since Sept. 25, 2023, Snopes has reported on claims that coaches that he had been released and was recovering from the “bullet wound to his chest” a few hours later.

Also on Sunday, Pearsall’s mother Erin Pearsall posted on Facebook that he was shot through the chest, but that the bullet did not hit any vital organs.