The shot of the late Jim Valvano frantically running around The Pit looking for someone to embrace after the 1983 national championship game has become an iconic moment in NCAA Tournament lore.
Now, members of North Carolina State’s 1983 national championship team have sued the NCAA and the Collegiate Licensing Company for unauthorized use of their name, image and likeness, regarding the game and the shot. Ten players filed in Wake County Superior Court on Monday and requested a jury trial and “reasonable compensation,”
Once again, the NCAA finds itself in a legal battle over student-athlete compensation. If NC State’s suit sounds familiar, it's because the NCAA is already in the stages of paying current and former athletes from 2016-20 as part of a $2.8 billion agreement to settle three antitrust cases.sought backpay for Division-I athletes who were barred from earning NIL compensation prior to the NCAA changing its policy in the summer of 2021, which followed the U.S.
What about the 2014-15 Kentucky Wildcats? A team that went 38-1 with nine NBA players on the roster, including Devin Booker and Karl-Anthony Towns, would’ve surely capitalized in the NIL space. Some people actually thought that team could’ve beaten the Philadelphia 76ers, which is a testament to how good the Wildcats were that season.
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