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The members of the Male Basketball team of NC State of 1983 tried to compensate for the lost time, but a judge was not having it.
The members of that national championship team, trained by Jim Valvano, filed a lawsuit that requested void compensation last year.
“For more than 40 years, the NCAA and its conspirators have systematically and intentionally appropriate the advertising rights of the cardiac package, including their names, images and similarities, associated with that game and that game, obtaining scores of millions of dollars from the legendary victory of the cardiac package,” said the demand, through ESPN.
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Sidney Lowe of the state of North Carolina, #35, obtains the rebound against Clyde Drexler de Houston, #22, during the Final Four of the NCAA in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on April 4, 1983. (Peter Read Miller/Sports Illustrated through Getty Images)
However, a Judge of North Carolina dismissed the lawsuit this week, citing the “premature” and “not claiming a violation of a legally enforceable right.”
“We are proud of these Cardiac Pack players who stood up in the national struggle for justice against a system that collides to exploit the students young athletes often vulnerable,” said lawyer Stacy Miller, who represented the former state players of North Carolina, in a statement to Wral.
The Wolfpack, which was coined by the “Catpack”, entered the MADNESS Tournament of March (then 52 teams) as a sown No. 6 and won several nails on the way to the championship. His first game was a 69-67 thriller against No. 11 Pepperdine. NC State then bothers No. 3 UNLV, 71-70, before dismantling No. 10 Utah in Dulce 16, 75-56.
Foreground of right Whittenburg of the state of North Carolina, #25, which keeps the network with teammates after winning a game against Virginia in the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah, on March 26, 1983. (Peter Read Miller/Sports Illustrated through Getty Images)
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His most difficult task until that moment had been to climb against the number 1 of Virginia, but obtained a 63-62 victory to reach the Final Four. They eliminated No. 4. Georgia 67-60 before facing No. 1 Houston, nicknamed Phi Slama Jama, in the championship.
They won the title after an air ball from Whittenberg was hooked in the air and submerged at home by Lorenzo Charles just before the bell, none of the players was involved in the demand.
NC State was in the bubble during most of the season to even make the tournament, but obtained its offer by winning the ACC tournament, similar to the Wolfpack 2024 team that reached the Final Four.
The state coach of North Carolina, Jim Valvano, on the left, celebrates a victory with Dirck Whittenburg, #25, after winning a game against Virginia in Ogden, Utah, on March 26, 1983. (Andy Hayt/Sports Illustrated through Getty Images)
Cinderella’s career became a 30 ESPN for 30 entitled “Survive and Advance”, which has now become a basic motto for other Cinderella teams.
