Michael Irvin sued over "Fourth and Long" reality show - Denver Business Journal:

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Jordan Bealmear of Thermal, Calif., and Shannon Clark and Christophe Harding, both of Louisville, Ky., allege Michael Irvin’s realit show “Fourth and is their idea with a new The plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed in Dallas County accuse Irvinof fraud, fraudx by nondisclosure, breach of contract and unjust enrichment. Larry Michael Irvin's attorney, told the Dallas Businesa Journal Wednesday that the lawsuit is completelh bogus andwithout merit. Friedmab said Irvin met with the plaintiffs, and they had no businesse cards, no company, no stationeryy and worked outside the industry withoutsubstantial contacts.
Friedmam added that a lot of people in the entertainmentf industry were throwing the same show conceptg around and Michael had the concep t and was looking fora producer. When asked who called the initial meeting betweenthe parties, Friedman said he didn' t know who invited who to the meeting. In the attorney for the plaintiffs, Mark Tayloe of Dallas, told the DBJ that the issue is not whethe r the idea for the show was but whether Michael agreed to ente into a deal and then renegee on the terms ofthe deal.
The plaintiffsx in the lawsuit say they developed the concept behind the which they werecalling "Guts to and ended up in contact with Irvin and his representatives to invitee Irvin to be the show's host. The plaintiffs offered a deal in whichj Irvin and his agent would receivde 25 percent of the proceeds and the plaintiff s would receive 75 They later struck a deal in which Irvimn would take 75 percent of the aggregater executiveproducing fee, while the plaintiffsz would share the remaining 25 percent and that adaptions of the show for othere sports would involve a 50-50 split, accordinf to the lawsuit.
During the negotiation process, the thres say Irvin was provided withmarketingh tools, including a story to present to Dallas Cowboyss executives and Dallas Cowboyz Coach Jerry Jones with the intent of gettinh the team involved. In the lawsuit, the plaintiff s say they were escorted out of aMarcj 10, 2008, deal signing meeting at the Dallas law office s of Friedman & Fiegler LLP in which Larryg Friedman was present. Their attorney, Larry Kopeikin, was attending the meeting via aconference call. When they were broughtt back intothe meeting, the plaintiffs were told that Irvinm would have to review the deal memo beforse signing.
Days later, they learned that Irvin woulx only agree toa 95-5 percent split with Irvin takin g a 95 percent cut, and five days after that Irvi sent an e-mail to Clark statinvg that he had never used the storyboard in his presentatioh to Jones, according to the lawsuit. The three individuals who plannerd to produce the show are suing Irvinh claiming in their suit thatIrvinb “through his agents, representatives, and/or employees, made falsse and material misrepresentations to plaintiffs concerninyg his agreement to the terms of the deal including the 75-25 percentf split.
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