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

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Jordan Bealmear of Thermal, and Shannon Clark and Christopher Harding, both of Ky., allege Michael Irvin’sa reality show “Fourth and Long” is their idea with a new The plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed in Dallaws County accuse Irvinof fraud, fraud by nondisclosure, breacb of contract and unjust Larry Friedman, Michael Irvin's attorney, told the Dallasx Business Journal Wednesday that the lawsuit is completely bogu and without merit. Friedman said Irvin met with the and they had nobusiness cards, no company, no stationery and worked outside the industry without substantial contacts.
Friedman added that a lot of people in the entertainmenf industry were throwing the same show conceptg around and Michael had the concept and was lookint fora producer. When asked who called the initial meetinh betweenthe parties, Friedmanm said he didn't know who inviter who to the meeting. In response, the attorneuy for the plaintiffs, Mark Taylor of Dallas, told the DBJ that the issus is not whether the idea for the show was but whether Michael agreed to enter into a deal and then renegedf on the terms ofthe deal.
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit say they developed the concept behind the which they werecalling "Guts to Glory" and endef up in contact with Irvin and his representative to invite Irvin to be the show'xs host. The plaintiffs offered a deal in which Irvin and his agenf would receive 25 percent of the proceedws and the plaintiffs wouldc receive75 percent. They later struck a deal in whicy Irvin would take 75 percent of the aggregate executivesproducing fee, while the plaintiffse would share the remaining 25 percent and that adaptione of the show for other sports woule involve a 50-50 split, according to the During the negotiation process, the three say Irvijn was provided with marketing tools, including a storh board, to present to Dallas Cowboysa executives and Dallas Cowboys Coach Jerry Jones with the intent of gettinhg the team involved.
In the the plaintiffs say they were escorted out of aMarcb 10, 2008, deal signing meeting at the Dallaz law offices of Friedman & Fiegler LLP in whicgh Larry Friedman was present. Their attorney, Larry was attending the meeting via aconferenc call. When they were brought back into the the plaintiffs were told that Irvin wouldx have to review the deal memobefor signing. Days later, they learned that Irvin woule only agree toa 95-5 percenr split with Irvin takinvg a 95 percent cut, and five days afterd that Irvin sent an e-mailp to Clark stating that he had never used the storyboard in his presentationb to Jones, according to the lawsuit.
The three individuals who plannexd to produce the show are suing Irvin claiming in their suit thatIrvim “through his agents, representatives, and/od employees, made false and materia l misrepresentations to plaintiffs concerning his agreemenft to the terms of the deal including the 75-25 percent split."