Shelby Houlihan Sets Up a Gofundme and Website

I did a quick CTRL+F for the term "burrito" and there were zero matches.

She still has a decent sized social media following, the gofundme allows her to extract money out of it before she fades too far out of relevance.

a fool and his money wrote:

I long time ago I read a paper about the freedom of being a sociopath in society - the lack of having any conscience, no empathy, no remorse, no feelings of embarrassment when acting socially inappropriately - gives them the freedom to just do whatever they want that is in their own best interests. The burrito story is an embarrassment any normal person would refuse to tell because it is so obviously a lie - but, if you don't feel embarrassment, you can tell a lie and repeat that lie endlessly.

It's not that Shelby is isn't embarrassed to keep pursuing this, it's that she has very few options. I'd say her brazenness is a sign of desperation, not sociopathy.

Or it could be a Trump tactic - even if you know you're gonna lose your fight, you can win in a different way if you get people invested in your cause and donating to your all-purpose fund. She might have just realized how much easier it is to make money by creating a spectacle and crowdsourcing donations than winning races. I am sure there is a cult of shelby who continues to be whipped into a frenzy.

This is next level embarrassing. If you are considering a donation to this entitled fraud, please reconsider and donate that money to someone or something that actually needs it. This chick has a degree and unlimited connections and has made plenty of money in the past several years. She can get a normal job like the rest of the world if she needs a paycheck. Anyone supporting this is as lame as her. Also how long before the equally lame Peter Bromeka donates an entire paycheck and writes some nauseating drivel about supporting Shelby and that being the true meaning of Thanksgiving.

I'm not all that familiar with Go Fund Me, but are we sure this was actually set up by her? Is there some kind of verification process?

She wants the money being a top elite on PEDs can generate. I'd have a lot of respect for her if she gave it up and just admitted it. But I suppose that will take another 5 years at least by the looks of it. This certainly isn't doing her any favors. And what if she's does admit to it down the line? Will people ask for their donations back or sue?

Jeff Albertson wrote:

It’s good for the sport to have our best athletes running and pushing each other to their limits. They should not be spending the prime years of their lives serving doping bans.

If all that matters is that US athletes are always available to race even if they violate the rules, the US should stop enforcing doping bans and switch to actively covering up doping in its athletes from WADA and the IOC. You have such a narrow view of "what's good for our sport" that you exclude fair competition.

Or are you saying all countries should be allowed to openly, legally dope their athletes?

Performance Enhancing Drugs are expensive. If you donate to this, a portion of the money will surely go to Shelby's peds. Some will go to her defense sure, but that will be unsuccessful. Shelby likely intends to continue as a paid athlete - using these funds to live, pay for her peds, and pay for her legal defense (if she keeps it up the sort who believe in big foot will donate). She will likely cycle off the peds just before her ban is up and then continue on as an elite athlete.

If Nike is keeping her on the BTC roster, why aren't they helping with any of these costs?

Kind of a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation?

If they give her money, they are backing a doper.

If they don't give her money, they look like a terrible employer and risk losing the support of the crazy people who are donating to Shelby.

Cancun Cruz wrote:

I'm not all that familiar with Go Fund Me, but are we sure this was actually set up by her? Is there some kind of verification process?

Aw...aw gee...lil ol' me doesn't know much...but do you think someone faked this site to make her look bad??

She announced the website and gofundme on her instagram.

(And yes, we have verification that the instagram is really shelby)

Instagram comments are being deleted. Some were offensive but others were just critical. It’s so absurd. She’s a fraud

LMFAO. If she is "fighting" this alone that means Nike legal isn't paying for this shiit because they know she's a lost cause.

Chase your "popularity" while you can: this is a pure cash grab. I hope there are taxes involved. I'd rather pay the IRS and her lawyers directly anyways.

I wonder how the BTC athletes really feel about this. They're all supporting her like they have to. Must be a pain for them. If anyone gets caught for cheating at my workplace no ducking way and I helping their legal bills.

pavement88 wrote:

If Nike is keeping her on the BTC roster, why aren't they helping with any of these costs?

Kind of a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation?

If they give her money, they are backing a doper.

If they don't give her money, they look like a terrible employer and risk losing the support of the crazy people who are donating to Shelby.

She's has no chance of winning whatever legal action she's trying to take, so it's an easy busy decision for Nike not to fund her attorney fees.

Michelle Wolf in for $500, yikes

Also they admitted they don’t know where it came from on the go fund me page. They also said that the only thing they do know is she didn’t take it intentionally. So…she took it by accident?

nsnend wrote:

Also they admitted they don’t know where it came from on the go fund me page. They also said that the only thing they do know is she didn’t take it intentionally. So…she took it by accident?

Exactly.

comedyrel:3f wrote:

Jeff Albertson wrote:

It’s good for the sport to have our best athletes running and pushing each other to their limits. They should not be spending the prime years of their lives serving doping bans.

If all that matters is that US athletes are always available to race even if they violate the rules, the US should stop enforcing doping bans and switch to actively covering up doping in its athletes from WADA and the IOC. You have such a narrow view of "what's good for our sport" that you exclude fair competition.

Or are you saying all countries should be allowed to openly, legally dope their athletes?

Yes, the US and all countries should stop enforcing doping bans.

If everyone is allowed to use science to be better athletes (what you call “doping”), then the playing field is level.

And don’t try to say that certain countries will have more of an advantage, because athletes are funded by corporations, not countries. Nike/Adidas/New Balance/Puma and every other company should be allowed to have the best pharmacists, doctors, physiologists, and other scientists work to get the most out of our athletes.

Anti-doping is anti-science.

Webbster wrote:

Michelle Wolf in for $500, yikes

I mean she is always the first to lay down a sycophantic comment on Shelby's Instagram posts, it fits the performative aspect of the work Michelle is doing for shelby