SAINT-DENIS, France – Vanderbilt discus thrower and Olympian Veronica Fraley lamented on social media that she needed help paying her rent.
hip-hop artist Flavor Flavor and businessman Alexis Ohanian decided to help.
Shortly after Fraley posted on social media platform
To top it off, Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit and husband of tennis star Serena Williams, wrote: “Gotcha!” He also continued posting a photo paying $7,760.00 and writing “’Murica”.
In his post, Fraley alluded to the fact that his school pays about 75% of the rent, while “they pay the football players (who didn’t earn anything) enough to buy new cars and houses.” emojis.The Commodores football team went 2-10 last season, while Fraley won the NCAA discus title this season, set the school record and earned a spot on Team USA at the U.S. Olympic track trials .
She also started a GoFundMe page that raised $12,041 of its $20,000 goal. She appreciated Flav and Ohanian’s gesture and wrote, “THANK YOU & @FlavorFlav VERY. This makes all the difference in the WORLD & I hope to represent Team USA well this week.”
Flav said he will root for her and added “LETZ GO!!!” The rapper is in Paris as part of his duties as the official hype man for USA Water Polo – a partnership that came about after he connected with US captain Maggie Steffens on Instagram in May.
Fraley made sure to point out in a later post that his criticisms were not against Vanderbilt.
“Thank you for the messages of support, but I want to clarify that my irritation is not with the school itself, mainly with the rules that prevent me from earning the amount I am worth as a college athlete like NIL, which favors popularity over performance” , she wrote. “That’s all I’m saying.”
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