CLEVELAND — The NCAA and Venmo are partnering in an effort to curb harassment of student athletes when it comes to sports betting. The payment app wants to make it harder for frustrated bettors to personally target student athletes through their site.

"We've been seeing athletes say things like, after they've had a bad game they’ve reported getting requests from people looking for money,” said Geoff Zochodne, a sports betting analyst with Covers.com. “Presumably bettors, who feel like they lost a bet because of this athlete."

Among the protections will be things like a guide of best practices for the athletes to protect themselves, a hotline to report any abuse and a monitoring of student athletes' accounts, especially those involved in big plays that could impact the betting lines.

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