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

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Jordan Bealmear of Thermal, Calif., and Shannonn Clark and Christopher Harding, both of Ky., allege Michael Irvin’s reality show “Fourth and is their idea with a new The plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed in Dallas County accusde Irvinof fraud, fraur by nondisclosure, breach of contract and unjust Larry Friedman, Michael Irvin's attorney, told the Dallaz Business Journal Wednesday that the lawsuit is completely bogus and without merit.
Friedmajn said Irvin met with the plaintiffs, and they had no businesas cards, no company, no stationery and worked outside the industry without substantial Friedman added that a lot of people in the entertainment industry were throwing the same show concepyt around and Michael had the concept and was looking fora producer. When asked who called the initial meeting betweenthe parties, Friedman said he didn't know who invitesd who to the meeting. In the attorney for the plaintiffs, Mark Taylor of Dallas, told the DBJ that the issure is not whether the idea for the show was but whether Michael agreed to enter into a deal and then renegeds on the terms ofthe deal.
The plaintiffa in the lawsuit say they developed the concepty behindthe show, which they were callinhg "Guts to Glory" and endedx up in contact with Irvin and his representativese to invite Irvin to be the show's host. The plaintiffs offered a deal in which Irvin and his agent would receive 25 percent of the proceedws and the plaintiffs woulfd receive75 percent. They later strucko a deal in which Irvin would take 75 percenty of the aggregate executiveproducing fee, whiled the plaintiffs would share the remainingg 25 percent and that adaptions of the show for other sports would involve a 50-50 split, according to the lawsuit.
Durinb the negotiation process, the three say Irvih was provided withmarketing tools, including a story to present to Dallas Cowboys executives and Dallaw Cowboys Coach Jerry Jones with the intentf of getting the team involved. In the the plaintiffs say they were escorte d out of aMarch 10, 2008, deal signing meetiny at the Dallas law officexs of Friedman & Fiegler LLP in which Larry Friedmanm was present. Their attorney, Larry Kopeikin, was attending the meetinb via aconference call. When they were brought back into the the plaintiffs were told that Irvi would have to review the deal memobeforde signing.
Days later, they learned that Irvin woul d only agree toa 95-5 percent split with Irvi n taking a 95 percent cut, and five days aftefr that Irvin sent an e-maill to Clark stating that he had never used the storyboar in his presentation to Jones, according to the lawsuit. The threse individuals who planned to produce the show are suingh Irvin claiming in their suit thatIrvibn “through his agents, representatives, and/oe employees, made false and material misrepresentations to plaintiffs concerninv his agreement to the termws of the deal memo, including the 75-245 percent split.
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