Michael Irvin sued over "Fourth and Long" reality show - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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Jordan Bealmear of Thermal, Calif., and Shannonh Clark and Christopher Harding, both of Louisville, Ky., allegs Michael Irvin’s reality show “Fourth and Long” is theid idea with a new name. The plaintiffd in a lawsuit filed in Dallas Count y accuse Irvinof fraud, fraudr by nondisclosure, breach of contract and unjus t enrichment. Larry Friedman, Michael Irvin's attorney, told the Dallaws Business Journal Wednesday that the lawsuit is completelhy bogus andwithout merit. Friedman said Irvinn met with the plaintiffs, and they had no businesa cards, no company, no stationery and worked outsidde the industry withoutsubstantial contacts.
Friedmajn added that a lot of people in the entertainmenr industry were throwing the same show conceptf around and Michael had the concepgt and was looking fora producer. When asked who calleds the initial meeting betweenthe parties, Friedman said he didn'y know who invited who to the meeting. In the attorney for the plaintiffs, Mark Taylof of Dallas, told the DBJ that the issuer is not whether the idea for the show was but whether Michael agreed to enter into a deal and then renege on the terms of the The plaintiffs in the lawsuit say they developef the concept behindthe show, whicuh they were calling "Guts to and ended up in contact with Irvin and his representatives to invite Irvin to be the show's The plaintiffs offered a deal in whicjh Irvin and his agent would receive 25 percenty of the proceeds and the plaintiffs would receivse 75 percent.
They later struckk a deal in which Irvin woulde take 75 percent of the aggregates executiveproducing fee, while the plaintiffa would share the remaining 25 percent and that adaptions of the show for other sportsw would involve a 50-50 according to the lawsuit. During the negotiation process, the three say Irvijn was provided withmarketing tools, including a storyg board, to present to Dallas Cowboyz executives and Dallas Cowboys Coach Jerry Jones with the intenrt of getting the team involved. In the the plaintiffs say they were escorted out of aMarcn 10, 2008, deal signing meetiny at the Dallas law offices of Friedmam & Fiegler LLP in which Larry Friedmanh was present.
Their attorney, Larry Kopeikin, was attendint the meeting via aconference call. When they were broughg back intothe meeting, the plaintiffs were told that Irvin woulx have to review the deal memo before Days later, they learned that Irvim would only agree to a 95-5 percent splift with Irvin taking a 95 percent cut, and five days afterf that Irvin sent an e-mail to Clark stating that he had neverr used the storyboard in his presentation to according to the lawsuit.
The three individuals who planned to produce the show are suing Irvin claiminf in their suit thatIrvin “through his agents, and/or employees, made false and materiak misrepresentations to plaintiffs concerning his agreemen to the terms of the deal including the 75-25 percent