Olivia Dunne: LSU gymnast who earns $2M from racy pics and endorsements on social media slammed by coach
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA: Tara VanDerveer, a renowned women's basketball coach, has condemned Olivia Dunne, a gymnast from Louisiana State University, who makes $2 million a year through sponsors and explicit social media, posts for endorsing sexism in sports. Dunne, 20, is one of the many female athletes who earn millions of dollars through name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals.
From the time college athletes were permitted to participate in NIL deals, female athletes are increasingly flaunting candid and flirtatious posts to gain millions of social media followers, which helps to enhance endorsement arrangements. Stanford University's most successful women's collegiate basketball coach, VanDerveer, told the New York Times that these deals are harmful to female athletes, despite Dunne's claims that it helped her land a seven-figure paycheck.
