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Members of the 1983 male basketball team from NC State tried to make up for lost time, but a judge did not.
Members of this national championship team, coach by Jim Valvano, filed a complaint for compensation from Nile last year.
“For more than 40 years, the NCAA and its co -conspirators have systematically and intentionally diverted the advertising rights of the heart pack – including their names, images and resemblances – associated with this game and this game, by collecting tens of millions of dollars of the legendary victory of the heart pack,” said the trial, via ESPN.
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Sidney Lowe, # 35 of the North Carolina State, obtains the rebound against Clyde Drexler of Houston, # 22, during the Final Four de la NCAA in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 4, 1983. (Peter Read Miller / Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)
However, a judge from North Carolina rejected the trial this week, citing the “premature” argument and “the fact of not alleging a violation of a legally enforceable right”.
“We are proud of these cardiac pack players who have risen in the national fight for justice against a system that is content to exploit young and often vulnerable young athletes,” said lawyer Stacy Miller, who represented former NC state players in a statement in Wral.
The Wolfpack, which was invented the “catpack”, entered the March Madness tournament (then only 52 teams) as seeded n ° 6 and won several nail bits en route to the championship. Their first match was a thriller of 69-67 against n ° 11 Pepperdine. NC State then upset the No. 3 Unlv, 71-70, before dismantling the UTAH n ° 10 in Sweet 16, 75-56.
Close -up of Dereck Whittenburg from North Carolina State, # 25, holding the net with teammates after winning a match against Virginia in the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah on March 26, 1983. (Peter Read Miller / Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)
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Until this point, their most difficult task had been against Virginia No. 1, but they won a 63-62 victory to make the Final Four. They killed No. 4. Georgia 67-60 before taking Houston n ° 1, nicknamed Phi Slama Jama, in the championship.
They won the title after a Dereck Whittenberg air ball was hung in the air and dipped at home by Lorenzo Charles just before the buzzer – None of the players were involved in the costume.
NC State was on the bubble for most of the season to even make the tournament, but obtained their offer by winning the ACC tournament, in the same way as the Wolfpack 2024 team which reached the Final Four.
Carolina’s state coach Jim Valvano, on the left, celebrates a victory with Dereck Whittenburg, # 25, after winning a match against Virginia in Ogden, Utah, on March 26, 1983. (Andy Hayt / Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)
The Cinderella race has been transformed into ESPN 30 for 30 entitled “Survive and Advance”, which has now become a basic motto for other Cinderella teams.
