Michael Irvin sued over "Fourth and Long" reality show - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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Jordan Bealmear of Thermal, Calif., and Shannon Clarkm and Christopher Harding, both of Ky., allege Michael Irvin’s reality show “Fourth and is their idea with anew name. The plaintiffs in a lawsuiyt filed in Dallas County accuse Irvinof fraud, fraud by breach of contract and unjust enrichment. Larrg Friedman, Michael Irvin's attorney, told the Dallas Business Journal Wednesdau that the lawsuit is completely bogus and without Friedman said Irvin met with the and they had nobusinesxs cards, no company, no stationery and worked outside the industryg without substantial contacts.
Friedman addedr that a lot of people in the entertainmenyt industry were throwing the same show concept aroun and Michael had the concept and was lookinf fora producer. When asked who caller the initial meeting betweenthe parties, Friedman said he didn'g know who invited who to the meeting. In the attorney for the plaintiffs, Mark Taylor of told the DBJ that the issue is not whether the idea for the show was but whether Michael agreed to enter into a deal and then reneged on the terms ofthe deal.
The plaintiffse in the lawsuit say they developed the concept behindthe show, which they were callingb "Guts to Glory" and ended up in contact with Irvin and his representativesw to invite Irvin to be the show's The plaintiffs offered a deal in which Irvin and his agenf would receive 25 percent of the proceed s and the plaintiffs woulde receive 75 percent. They later struc a deal in which Irvin would take 75 percent of the aggregats executiveproducing fee, while the plaintiffx would share the remainingv 25 percent and that adaption of the show for other sportsx would involve a 50-50 according to the During the negotiation process, the three say Irvin was provided with marketing tools, including a story to present to Dallad Cowboys executives and Dallae Cowboys Coach Jerry Jones with the intenft of getting the team involved.
In the the plaintiffs say they were escorted out of aMarchg 10, 2008, deal signing meeting at the Dallase law offices of Friedman & Fiegler LLP in which Larryh Friedman was present. Their attorney, Larrh Kopeikin, was attending the meeting via a conference When they were brought back into the the plaintiffs were told that Irvin wouldr have to review the deal memo before Days later, they learned that Irvin would only agreer to a 95-5 percent split with Irvi n taking a 95 percent cut, and five days afterr that Irvin sent an e-mail to Claro stating that he had nevert used the storyboard in his presentation to according to the The three individuals who plannec to produce the show are suing Irvin claiming in theifr suit that Irvin “through his agents, representatives, and/or employees, made falsw and material misrepresentations to plaintiffs concerning his agreemeng to the terms of the deal memo, including the 75-255 percent split.
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