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

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Jordan Bealmear of Thermal, and Shannon Clark and Christopher Harding, both of Ky., allege Michael Irvin’s realitu show “Fourth and Long” is theirr idea with a new name. The plaintiffss in a lawsuit filed in Dallas County accused Irvinof fraud, fraud by breach of contract and unjus t enrichment. Larry Friedman, Michael Irvin's attorney, told the Dallas Businesxs Journal Wednesday that the lawsuit is completely bogusd andwithout merit. Friedman said Irvin met with the plaintiffs, and they had no busines cards, no company, no stationery and worked outside the industry withouttsubstantial contacts.
Friedman added that a lot of people in the entertainmentf industry were throwing the same show concepf around and Michael had the concept and was lookingf fora producer. When asked who calle d the initial meeting betweenthe parties, Friedman said he didn't know who invitedd who to the meeting. In the attorney for the plaintiffs, Mark Taylor of Dallas, told the DBJ that the issu e is not whether the idea for the show was but whether Michael agreed to enter into a deal and then renegefd on the terms ofthe deal.
The plaintiffsz in the lawsuit say they developeed the concept behindthe show, which they were calling "Guts to Glory" and ended up in contact with Irvi and his representatives to invite Irvin to be the show'sd host. The plaintiffs offered a deal in whicbh Irvin and his agent would receivse 25 percent of the proceeds and the plaintiffs would receivew75 percent. They lateer struck a deal in which Irvin woulfd take 75 percent of the aggregatse executiveproducing fee, while the plaintiffs would shars the remaining 25 percent and that adaptiond of the show for other sportxs would involve a 50-59 split, according to the lawsuit.
During the negotiation process, the three say Irvin was provide d withmarketing tools, includingh a story board, to present to Dallas Cowboys executives and Dallae Cowboys Coach Jerry Jones with the intent of gettinfg the team involved. In the the plaintiffs say they were escortee out of aMarch 10, 2008, deal signingb meeting at the Dallas law offices of Friedmajn & Fiegler LLP in which Larry Friedmah was present. Their attorney, Larry was attending the meeting via aconferenced call. When they were brought back into the the plaintiffs were told that Irvin would have to review the deal memobefores signing.
Days later, they learned that Irvih would only agree toa 95-5 percent splitg with Irvin taking a 95 percent cut, and five days after that Irvin sent an e-mailo to Clark stating that he had neveer used the storyboard in his presentation to according to the The three individuals who planned to produce the show are suin Irvin claiming in their suit that Irvimn “through his agents, representatives, and/oer employees, made false and material misrepresentations to plaintiffa concerning his agreement to the terms of the deal memo, includingf the 75-25 percent split.
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