NC State's 1983 national championship team has NIL case dismissed by judge
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Members of the 1983 N.C. State men's basketball team tried to make up for lost time, but a judge was not having it.
Members of that national championship squad, coached by Jim Valvano, filed a suit requesting NIL compensation last year.
"For more than 40 years, the NCAA and its co-conspirators have systematically and intentionally misappropriated the Cardiac Pack's publicity rights -- including their names, images, and likenesses -- associated with that game and that play, reaping scores of millions of dollars from the Cardiac Pack's legendary victory," the lawsuit said, via ESPN.
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North Carolina State's Sidney Lowe, #35, gets the rebound against Houston's Clyde Drexler, #22, during the NCAA Final Four in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on April 4, 1983. (Peter Read Miller/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)
However, a North Carolina judge dismissed the lawsuit this week, citing the "untimely" argument and "failure to allege a violation of a legally enforceable right."
"We are proud of these Cardiac Pack players who stood up in the national fight for justice against a system that colludes to exploit young and often vulnerable student athletes," lawyer Stacy Miller, who represented the former NC State players, said in a statement to WRAL.
The Wolfpack, nicknamed the "Cardiac Pack" that season, entered the March Madness tournament (then just 52 teams) as a No. 6 seed and won several nailbiters en route to the championship. Their first game was a 69-67 thriller against No. 11 Pepperdine. N.C. State then upset No. 3 UNLV, 71-70, before dismantling No. 10 Utah in the Sweet 16, 75-56.
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