*Track and field athlete Veronica Fraley shared on social media that she was more worried about paying her rent on time than her Olympics debut.
On Thursday, the 2024 NCAA discus champion expressed her concerns on social media while preparing for her women’s discus throw qualification round in Paris.
“I compete in the Olympic Games TOMORROW and can’t even pay my rent,” Fraley, 24, wrote on X. “my school only sent about 75% of my rent while they pay football players (who haven’t won anything) enough to buy new cars and houses”
Flavor Flav and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, who is married to Serena Williams, responded to her post online, pledging to help by sending money to the Olympian.
“I gotchu,,, DM me and I’ll send payment TODAY so you don’t have to worry bout it TOMORROW,” Flav replied Thursday on X, “and imma be rooting for ya tomorrow LETZ GO,!!!
A representative for Flavor Flav confirmed that he covered Fraley’s entire rent, though the exact amount was not disclosed. In a statement, the rapper said he is “happy to help out those who are representing the best of us. This is exactly why I’m in Paris and the awareness I been trying to bring to these athletes needs.”
Ohanian shared a screenshot of a $7,760 Venmo payment he sent Fraley and explained that he paid that specific amount “because I like the number (my firm is @sevensevensix,” he wrote.
Fraley, who is pursuing her second master’s degree at Vanderbilt in human development studies, started a GoFundMe page to raise $20,000. She wrote: “THANKYOU & @FlavorFlav SO MUCH. This makes every difference in the WORLD & I hope to represent team USA well this week.”
In a later post on X, Fraley clarified that her criticism was not directed at Vanderbilt.
“Thanks for the supporting messages but I want to clarify my irritation isn’t with the school itself, mainly the rules that bar me from making the amount I’m WORTH as a collegiate athlete such as NIL which favors popularity over performance,” she wrote. “That’s all I’m sayin.”
“NIL” stands for “name, image, and likeness.” It refers to college athletes being permitted to receive payment for the use of their names, images, and likenesses.
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