Flavor Flav And Alexis Ohanian Step In To Help Team USA’s Veronica Fraley With Rent Money

Many think the life of the average Team USA Olympian is a pretty good one, with tons of sponsors and cash coming in. But, Team USA discus thrower Veronica Fraley is yet another example of that simply not being true.

Fraley is set to compete in Paris starting on Friday in the discus and will try to bring home a medal for Team USA at the 2024 Summer Olympics. But, she’s got something else on her mind,  as she is short on rent that is partially subsidized by Vanderbilt, where she competes.

She tweeted out that she was short on rent money on Thursday from Paris, and taking offense to the fact that while she’s an Olympian, the rent of a Vanderbilt football player is fully covered while hers is not.

Later, the reigning NCAA Champion claimed her issue was not with Vanderbilt proper, but instead with the school’s NIL boosters prioritizing football.

As far as Veronica Fraley being able to pay rent, both rapper and Team USA superfan Flavor Flav and founder of Reddit and husband of Serena Williams, Alexis Ohanian, immediately stepped on Twitter to make it known she would be covered.

While we don’t know how much money Flav, who is also financially supporting US Women’s Water Polo, sent, Ohanian made his Venmo transaction public.

While Veronica Fraley has an uphill battle to medal, she should make the finals in the event. It will probably take a throw of around 70 meters to get on the medal stand, and her career best is a little over 67 meters. That puts her well within the top twelve this year, however.

I’m sure she’s happy to have one less thing to worry about, as her rent has been more than paid.