Paige Spiranac, who has similarly parlayed her athleticism and social media prowess into fame and fortune, responded to women taking shots at Olivia Dunne’s NIL success as a gymnast at LSU.
by Kurt Steeter, who wrote about concern that the new flow of NIL money to female college athletes “rewards traditional feminine desirability over athletic excellence.”
Paige Spiranac said she was ‘so sick’ of women belittling other women, in response to a NY Times hit piece on Olivia Dunne’s high NIL earnings.Instagram / Olivia Dunne Streeter wrote that Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer “sees the part of the NIL revolution that focuses on beauty as regressive for female athletes.”“I guess sometimes we have this swinging pendulum, where we maybe take two steps forward, and then we take a step back. We’re fighting for all the opportunities to compete, to play, to have resources, to have facilities, to have coaches, and all the things that go with Olympic-caliber athletics,” she said. “This is a step back.
Olivia Dunne’s NIL success was criticized by Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer in a NY Times story.On her Instagram story, she posted a photo and tagged the Times in it, asking in the caption: “Is this too much?”
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