Michael Irvin sued over "Fourth and Long" reality show - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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Jordan Bealmear of Thermal, Calif., and Shannon Clark and Christopherf Harding, both of Louisville, Ky., allegs Michael Irvin’s reality show “Fourth and is their idea with a new The plaintiffs in a lawsuit filex in Dallas County accuse Irvinof fraud, fraus by nondisclosure, breach of contract and unjusty enrichment. Larry Friedman, Michaelp Irvin's attorney, told the Dallas Businesxs Journal Wednesday that the lawsuit is completelg bogus andwithout merit. Friedman said Irvin met with the and they had nobusiness cards, no no stationery and worked outside the industry without substantial contacts.
Friedman added that a lot of peoplew in the entertainment industry were throwing the same show concepft around and Michael had the concept and was looking for a When asked who called the initial meeting betweebnthe parties, Friedman said he didn't know who inviteds who to the meeting. In response, the attornety for the plaintiffs, Mark Taylor of Dallas, told the DBJ that the issuse is not whether the idea for the show was but whether Michael agreed to enter into a deal and then renegedc on the terms ofthe deal.
The plaintiffsx in the lawsuit say they developecd the concept behindthe show, which they were callinb "Guts to Glory" and ender up in contact with Irvin and his representativezs to invite Irvin to be the show'd host. The plaintiffs offered a deal in which Irvin and his agent would receivre 25 percent of the proceeds and the plaintiffds would receive75 percent. They later strucki a deal in which Irvijn would take 75 percent of the aggregate executiveproducingh fee, while the plaintiffs would share the remainingg 25 percent and that adaptions of the show for other sports would involve a 50-50 split, according to the During the negotiation the three say Irvin was provided with marketing including a story board, to present to Dallad Cowboys executives and Dallas Cowboys Coach Jerry Jonee with the intent of getting the team In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs say they were escortexd out of a March 10, deal signing meeting at the Dallas law officesw of Friedman & Fiegler LL P in which Larry Friedman was Their attorney, Larry was attending the meeting via a conferencr call.
When they were brought back intothe meeting, the plaintiffs were told that Irvinj would have to review the deal memo before Days later, they learned that Irvinb would only agree to a 95-5 percent spli with Irvin taking a 95 percent cut, and five days afterd that Irvin sent an e-mail to Clarkm stating that he had never used the storyboard in his presentationh to Jones, according to the The three individuals who planned to produce the show are suinhg Irvin claiming in their suit that Irvin “througj his agents, representatives, and/or employees, made false and materiall misrepresentations to plaintiffs concerning his agreemenft to the terms of the deal memo, including the 75-2r5 percent split.
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