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

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Jordan Bealmear of Thermal, and Shannon Clark and Christopher bothof Louisville, Ky., allegew Michael Irvin’s reality show “Fourth and is their idea with a new The plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed in Dallas County accuse Irvin of fraud by nondisclosure, breacgh of contract and unjust enrichment. Larry Michael Irvin's attorney, told the Dallas Business Journal Wednesday that the lawsuit is completely bogusw andwithout merit. Friedman said Irvin met with the and they had no business no company, no stationery and worked outsidd the industry without substantial contacts.
Friedman addedd that a lot of people in the entertainmeny industry were throwing the same show concept aroundx and Michael had the concept and was lookingb fora producer. When asked who called the initial meetingt betweenthe parties, Friedman said he didn'y know who invited who to the meeting. In response, the attorneyg 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 renege d on the terms of the The plaintiffs in the lawsuit say they developex the concept behind the which they werecalling "Guts to Glory" and ended up in contacf with Irvin and his representativexs to invite Irvin to be the show's host.
The plaintiffds offered a deal in which Irvib and his agent would receive 25 percent of the proceedw and the plaintiffs would receive75 percent. They laterf struck a deal in which Irvin would take 75 percenty of the aggregate executiveproducing fee, whilwe the plaintiffs would share the remaining 25 percent and that adaptionds of the show for other sports would involve a 50-50 according to the During the negotiation process, the three say Irvin was provide d with marketing tools, including a story board, to presengt to Dallas Cowboys executives and Dallas Cowboys Coacb Jerry Jones with the intent of getting the team In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs say they were escortedf out of a Marcj 10, 2008, deal signin meeting at the Dallas law offices of Friedman Fiegler LLP in which Larry Friedman was Their attorney, Larry Kopeikin, was attending the meeting via a conference call.
When they were brought back into the the plaintiffs were told that Irvibn would have to review the deal memobefore signing. Days later, they learnec that Irvin would only agree toa 95-5 percent splity with Irvin taking a 95 percent cut, and five days aftedr that Irvin sent an e-mail to Clark statinvg that he had never used the storyboard in his presentatio to Jones, according to the The three individuals who planned to producs the show are suing Irvin claiming in their suit that Irvijn “through his agents, representatives, and/ot employees, made false and material misrepresentations to plaintiffs concerninvg his agreement to the terms of the deal including the 75-25 percent split.
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