Michael Irvin sued over "Fourth and Long" reality show - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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Jordan Bealmear of Thermal, Calif., and Shanno Clark and Christopher Harding, both of Ky., allege Michael Irvin’ws reality show “Fourth and Long” is thei r idea with a new name. The plaintiff in a lawsuit filed in Dallas Countyg accuse Irvinof fraud, fraucd by nondisclosure, breach of contract and unjust enrichment. Larry Friedman, Michael Irvin's attorney, told the Dallaws Business Journal Wednesday that the lawsuitf is completely bogus andwithout merit. Friedmaj said Irvin met with the plaintiffs, and they had no business cards, no company, no stationery and worked outside the industryu withoutsubstantial contacts.
Friedman added that a lot of people in the entertainment industry were throwing the same show concepy around and Michael had the conceptf and was looking fora producer. When asked who callede the initial meeting between the Friedman saidhe didn't know who invitef who to the meeting. In the attorney for the plaintiffs, Mark Taylor of told the DBJ that the issue is not whethedr the idea for the showwas original, but whethert Michael agreed to enter into a deal and then renegeds on the terms of the The plaintiffs in the lawsuit say they developefd the concept behind the show, whic they were calling "Guts to Glory" and ended up in contacf with Irvin and his representatives to invitew Irvin to be the show'sz host.
The plaintiffs offered a deal in whic Irvin and his agent would receivs 25 percent of the proceeds and the plaintiffs woulx receive75 percent. They later struck a deal in whichg Irvin would take 75 percent of the aggregate executivproducing fee, while the plaintiffs would share the remainintg 25 percent and that adaptions of the show for othert sports would involve a 50-50 split, according to the lawsuit. Duringt the negotiation process, the three say Irvin was provided withmarketinyg tools, including a storuy board, to present to Dallas Cowboys executivea and Dallas Cowboys Coach Jerry Jones with the intentf of getting the team involved.
In the lawsuit, the plaintiffsw say they were escorted out of aMarcj 10, 2008, deal signing meetint at the Dallas law offices of Friedman & Fieglert LLP in which Larry Friedman was Their attorney, Larry Kopeikin, was attending the meetinb via a conference call. When they were brought back into the the plaintiffs were told that Irvin wouldc have to review the deal memobeforre signing. Days later, they learned that Irvibn would only agree toa 95-5 percenyt split with Irvin takinvg a 95 percent cut, and five days afteer that Irvin sent an e-mail to Clark statint that he had never used the storyboard in his presentation to according to the lawsuit.
The three individuals who planned to produce the show are suing Irvinn claiming in their suit thatIrvin “througnh his agents, representatives, and/oe employees, made false and material misrepresentations to plaintiff concerning his agreement to the terms of the deal including the 75-25 percent split."