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Sports betting surge leads to rise in online harassment of elite college athletes

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65% Informative

More than $3 billion has been bet on this year 's March Madness tournaments.

NCAA says that’s led to a distressing consequence: online abuse of players, coaches and officials by losing bettors.

John Yang speaks with sports psychologist Brett Woods to learn more.

VR Score

70

Informative language

68

Neutral language

78

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

38

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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