Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 29, 1990 TAG: 9003290141
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C-2 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RALEIGH, N.C. LENGTH: Medium
"Negotiations are now under way and will probably be very intense for the next few days and through the weekend," attorney Woody Webb said. "We are still pressing as hard as we can to keep Jim on."
The school's Board of Trustees voted 9-3 to have attorney Howard Manning and chief deputy Attorney General Andy Vanore find a way to terminate Valvano, who has been under scrutiny over NCAA violations and allegations of point-shaving by former N.C. State players.
Webb said he doesn't believe that vote is binding.
"My feeling is that vote was taken without hearing from either Coach Valvano or any representative of Coach Valvano and that it's fundamentally unfair to make that vote binding without having given him an opportunity to make his case," Webb said.
On Tuesday, Webb asked N.C. State to specify conditions under which Valvano could retain his job. But the attorney said Wednesday that Manning and Vanore "don't appear very receptive to me."
N.C. State is on probation because some players sold complimentary tickets and basketball shoes. Valvano said he didn't know about the practice and wasn't held personally responsible by the NCAA.
Pressure for Valvano's removal increased when Charles Shackleford admitted accepting loans from two men while he played at N.C. State.
Later, an ABC News report alleged that Shackleford and three unidentified N.C. State teammates helped fix Wolfpack games. Investigators in North Carolina and New Jersey are investigating the charges, which Shackleford has denied.
Valvano wasn't implicated in the ABC report.
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