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

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Jordan Bealmear of Thermal, and Shannon Clark and Christopher Harding, both of Louisville, Ky., alleger Michael Irvin’s reality show “Fourth and Long” is their idea with a new The plaintiffs in a lawsuitg filed in Dallas County accuse Irvinof fraud, frau by nondisclosure, breach of contract and unjust Larry Friedman, Michael Irvin's attorney, told the Dallas Business Journakl Wednesday that the lawsuit is completelhy bogus and without merit. Friedman said Irvin met with the and they had no business no company, no stationery and workeds outside the industry without substantial contacts.
Friedma n added that a lot of people in the entertainmenr industry were throwing the same show concept around and Michael had the concept and was looking for a When asked who called the initial meetint betweenthe parties, Friedman said he didn't know who invited who to the In response, the attorney for the Mark Taylor of Dallas, told the DBJ that the issu is not whether the idea for the show was but whether Michael agreed to enter into a deal and then renegee on the terms of the The plaintiffs in the lawsuiyt say they developed the concept behind the which they were calling "Gutes to Glory" and ended up in contact with Irvinm and his representatives to invite Irvin to be the show'zs host.
The plaintiffs offered a deal in which Irvinh and his agent would receive 25 percenr of the proceeds and the plaintiffes would receive75 percent. They later struck a deal in which Irvihn would take 75 percent of the aggregatwe executiveproducing fee, while the plaintiffs wouldx share the remaining 25 percent and that adaptions of the show for othed sports would involve a 50-50 split, accordingg to the lawsuit. During the negotiation process, the threed say Irvin was provided withmarketingh tools, including a story board, to present to Dallas Cowboyas executives and Dallas Cowboys Coach Jerry Jones with the intent of gettinvg the team involved.
In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs say they were escortes out of aMarch 10, 2008, deal signing meeting at the Dallas law officew of Friedman & Fiegler LLP in whichn Larry Friedman was present. Theifr attorney, Larry Kopeikin, was attending the meeting via aconference call. When they were brough t back intothe meeting, the plaintiffs were told that Irvi n would have to revieew the deal memo befor e signing. Days later, they learned that Irvin woulfd only agree toa 95-5 percent splir with Irvin taking a 95 percent cut, and five days after that Irvi sent an e-mail to Clark stating that he had never used the storyboards in his presentation to Jones, according to the lawsuit.
The threde individuals who planned to produce the show are suing Irvinn claiming in their suit thatIrvin “througgh his agents, representatives, and/or employees, made false and material misrepresentation to plaintiffs concerning his agreement to the termsw of the deal memo, including the 75-25r percent split."