LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne is hitting back at The New York Times after being featured in a recent piece about her social media presence.
Olivia Dunne boasts more than two million Instagram followers.While highlighting Dunne’s earnings, The Times also noted that “the new flood of money — and the way many female athletes are attaining it — troubles some who have fought for equitable treatment in women’s sports and say that it rewards traditional feminine desirability over athletic excellence.”
Elsewhere in the piece, Tara VanDerveer, Stanford’s legendary women’s basketball coach, elaborated on why the strategy could be considered a “step back.”“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,” VanDerveer said, adding, “This is a step back.
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