Another petition with 250 signatures is still circulating at other company magazines.
Other petitions to recall Dellums circulated at the same time.
In addition, a petition circulated among the faculty at the university called for Valvano's dismissal.
Millions more citizens signed petitions circulating throughout the country.
Two petitions are circulating, one calling for his return next season and one seeking to ban him permanently.
In the 1990s, petitions had circulated around the campus to have Professor Michaels fired.
"After my petition has circulated," she says, fitting her head into the hollow of his chest, "you will be able to dismiss that depraved man."
"You go to demonstrations at City Hall, knock on doors, circulate petitions, a whole host of things."
While the petitions were circulating, the negotiations stalled.
A petition circulating in the Seventh Precinct goes further, suggesting that the fight had religious overtones.