It seems like a day when athletes are getting sued and suing.

4^th and Long

4^th and Long is a television show appearing on Spike TV featuring 12 street free -agents (NFL terminology for out of work players) fighting to win one spot on the Dallas Cowboys 80 man roster.  Michael Irvin is the host of the show, the concept of which is similar to Survivor, The Apprentice, and a host of others that have become popular in this decade. Now it seems that three men are claiming Michael Irvin stole their concept for this football reality show.  Check out the link for more details.  Oh, and by the way the show is pretty good.

http://cbs2chicago.com/sports/4th.And.Long.2.1031088.html

LaRussa Tweets?

Tony La Russa, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, filed suit against Twitter, claiming an unauthorized page using his name damaged his reputation and caused emotional distress.  He claims that someone created a false account and posted tweets using his name damaging his trademark rights.  The page has been inacitvated. 



Link to the LaRussa Complaint:
http://www.citmedialaw.org/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/2009-05-06-La%20Russa%20Complaint.pdf