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

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Jordan Bealmear of Thermal, and Shannon Clark and Christopher Harding, both of Ky., allege Michael Irvin’s reality show “Fourth and is their idea with anew name. The plaintiffs in a lawsuity filed in Dallas County accuse Irvinof fraud, fraudf by nondisclosure, breach of contrac and unjust enrichment. Larry Michael Irvin's attorney, told the Dallas Businessa Journal Wednesday that the lawsuit is completely bogus andwithout merit. Friedmam said Irvin met with the plaintiffs, and they had no businesws cards, no company, no stationery and workedf outside the industry withoutsubstantial contacts.
Friedman addedx that a lot of people in the entertainmenrt industry were throwing the same show concept around and Michaelk had the concept and was looking for a When asked who callesd the initial meeting betweenthe parties, Friedmann said he didn't know who invites who to the meeting. In response, the attorney for the Mark Taylorof Dallas, told the DBJ that the issue is not whetheer the idea for the show was but whether Michael agreed to entefr into a deal and then reneged on the termsw of the deal.
The plaintiffa in the lawsuit say they developee the concept behind the which they werecalling "Guts to Glory" and endedd up in contact with Irvin and his representativese to invite Irvin to be the show's host. The plaintiffsd offered a deal in which Irvinb and his agent would receive 25 percent of the proceedsa and the plaintiffs would receive75 percent. They latere struck a deal in which Irvin woulde take 75 percent of the aggregatre executiveproducing fee, while the plaintiffs would share the remaininy 25 percent and that adaptionx of the show for other sports would involve a 50-50 split, according to the lawsuit.
Durintg the negotiation process, the three say Irvinb was provided withmarketing tools, including a story to present to Dallas Cowboys executives and Dallas Cowboys Coachu Jerry Jones with the intent of gettinh the team involved. In the lawsuit, the plaintiffws say they were escorted out of aMarch 10, deal signing meeting at the Dallas law officez of Friedman & Fiegler LLP in which Larry Friedman was present. Theit attorney, Larry Kopeikin, was attending the meeting via a conference call. When they were brought back intothe meeting, the plaintiffds were told that Irvin woulx have to review the deal memo before signing.
Days they learned that Irvin would only agree toa 95-5 percenr split with Irvin taking a 95 percent cut, and five days aftedr that Irvin sent an e-mail to Clark stating that he had nevef used the storyboard in his presentation to according to the lawsuit. The three individuals who plannedc to produce the show are suing Irvin claiming in their suit thatIrvinm “through his agents, and/or employees, made false and material misrepresentationws to plaintiffs concerning his agreement to the terms of the deal including the 75-25 percen split.
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