Vanderbilt University grad student and 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field women’s discus titleholder Veronica Fraley made headlines in the summer when she posted on X (formerly Twitter). She noted that she was competing in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris while simultaneously being worried about paying her rent at home. Flavor Flav and Alexis Ohanian publicly sent her cash to cover the bill. Fraley pointed out that male football players typically get bigger endorsement deals than women who play less popular sports. Maybe if the NCAA backed women’s track and field the way they back football, those sports would be available to more spectators — and therefore more “popular.”
Best Olympian to Call Out Gender Inequality
Veronica Fraley
Veronia Fraley
