The Michael Irvin Show

[Kaneman]

Goddamn, ESPN didn't even give him a chance to prove his innocence. I guess that's the way the business works now, especially with the Tiger debacle and whatnot, but come on. He had a great broadcast yesterday from FL, Joe Montana was on there, Roger Staubach and a couple other guys too and today...BAM! FIRED! Just like that. They even photoshopped him out of the group picture on the ESPN Dallas website. :lol:

It is sad to me that all it takes to have your career destroyed is a simple allegation.

[defector]

:whosr:

Allegations?

[tommymac]

Goddamn, ESPN didn't even give him a chance to prove his innocence. I guess that's the way the business works now, especially with the Tiger debacle and whatnot, but come on. He had a great broadcast yesterday from FL, Joe Montana was on there, Roger Staubach and a couple other guys too and today...BAM! FIRED! Just like that. They even photoshopped him out of the group picture on the ESPN Dallas website. :lol:

It is sad to me that all it takes to have your career destroyed is a simple allegation.

Well this isnt exactly his first allegation either.

[Kaneman]

Well this isnt exactly his first allegation either.

Nope, and the other accuser admitted that she made it up. Irvin is an easy target, he's a big, rich, athletic black dude with a criminal past. People say, "Oh, well he used to do coke...he definitely raped that chic."

Defector, a woman accused him of a rape that happened 3 years ago and is suing him for $1,000,000. This was all planned to coincide with his broadcast from the SuperBowl...and it appears to have worked nicely. Though it remains to be seen if she'll get paid.

[Kaneman]

Here is the Wikipedia entry from the first accusation...

False sexual assault allegation

Irvin sustained further damage to his reputation in 1996 when controversy reared its head again as the Cowboys prepared to play the Carolina Panthers for their NFC Divisional Playoff game. Media reports stated that Irvin and teammate Erik Williams had sexually assaulted a Dallas woman, Nina Shahravan, and, with a gun to her head, videotaped the interaction.

Despite Williams' and Irvin's denials of the allegations, the story overshadowed the game, which the Cowboys lost. The accuser was later proven to have fabricated the entire incident. She recanted her story, pled guilty to perjury and filing a false police report and was sentenced to 90 days in prison and a fine.

In the first quarter of the playoff game with Carolina, with Shahravan's allegations under active investigation by Dallas police, Irvin suffered a broken collarbone, ending his 1996 season

[defector]

Ah, I thought this was something new.
Irvin is still one of my favorite players ever.

[Kaneman]

Ah, I thought this was something new.
Irvin is still one of my favorite players ever.

It is, just came out last night and he was promptly fired from ESPN and his show taken off the air.

They fired his broadcasting partner too, lol.

[Porkchop]

Money grubbin' bitches.... :bs:

[defector]

NFL Network didn't cut him loose there too did they?

[Kaneman]

NFL Network didn't cut him loose there too did they?

Not that I've heard...but I imagine they will. The Commish was asked about it earlier and said he hadn't heard anything yet, etc. etc....so we'll see.

[defector]

From what I have been reading, his radio contract was up tomorrow anyway, and ESPN didn't plan on re-upping it.

[Curb]

Michael Irvin was one of the nicest athletes I have ever met. Its a shame that people use his celebrity and past to get money out of him

[Kaneman]

Irvin's Attorney filed a $100 Million counter-lawsuit in Dallas. GET THAT BITCH!

[goof2]

Looks like the NFL Network pulled Warren Sapp over a potential domestic violence case.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4893233

[tommymac]

Guess its only ok to do that sort of stuff as a player, and not an anyalist

[itgirl]

looks like the NFL talent pool is pretty shallow. soon having a record will be a prerequisite for becoming a player.

[karl_1052]

Guess its only ok to do that sort of stuff as a player, and not an anyalist

or be falsley accused of it.;)

[marko138]

This is the first I have heard of it.

[Kaneman]

looks like the NFL talent pool is pretty shallow. soon having a record will be a prerequisite for becoming a player.

Why is that?

[Kaneman]

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
No criminal charges for Irvin
Associated Press

MIAMI -- South Florida prosecutors said Wednesday they will not file rape charges against former Dallas Cowboys star Michael Irvin.

A woman filed a lawsuit Feb. 4 in Broward County Circuit Court seeking unspecified damages for a sexual assault that allegedly occurred July 4 or 5, 2007, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. The Broward State Attorney's office reported it would not file charges.

The incident was reported to Seminole tribal police on July 20, 2007, but the woman later signed a waiver of prosecution, according to tribe officials.

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The Broward State Attorney's office was investigating the claims, but a spokesman said there was no physical evidence because the woman waited more than two weeks to report the incident.

Irvin, 43, is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame who starred at wide receiver for the Cowboys from 1988 to 1999. The Fort Lauderdale native was also a star in college for the University of Miami, playing on the Hurricanes' 1987 national championship team. Irvin is now an analyst for the NFL Network.

Irvin's attorney, Larry Friedman of Dallas, said Wednesday's announcement was not unexpected, but he and Irvin were glad to hear it.

"We expect the civil case to end the same way," Friedman said. "The allegations have no credibility, and the state attorney realizes that."

Friedman has said Irvin was approached by the woman's lawyer shortly before Irvin was to appear on last season's "Dancing With The Stars" competition. Irvin was told he must pay the woman $1 million, according to Friedman, or a lawsuit would be filed to coincide with the Super Bowl, which was being played Feb. 7 in Miami.

Friedman called the lawsuit "civil extortion," saying the woman's entire story is false.

Friedman has filed a countersuit against the woman claiming, among other things, civil extortion and defamation.

An after-hours telephone message left Wednesday with an attorney for the woman filing the lawsuit was not immediately returned.

According to the woman's lawsuit, Irvin got her drunk and took her to his hotel room where he and another, unidentified man insisted on sexual favors. The woman claims Irvin raped her and the other man forced her to perform oral sex.

Irvin has had previous brushes with the law, including a no-contest plea to a cocaine possession charge in 1996. Later that year, Irvin and another Cowboys player were accused of sexual assault by a woman, but an investigation found the story was false and the woman recanted.

The Associated Press typically does not name alleged sexual assault victims.

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[Apoc]

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The Associated Press typically does not name alleged sexual assault victims.

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No, but they should name the lying ones.

[defector]

I wonder if ESPN will bring him back (with or without a public apology)?

[Kaneman]

I wonder if ESPN will bring him back (with or without a public apology)?

Doubt it. His replacements seem to be doing a good job, and rehiring would be an admission that they weren't really planning to end his contract anyway.

[defector]

Doubt it. His replacements seem to be doing a good job, and rehiring would be an admission that they weren't really planning to end his contract anyway.

Truth.
Personally, I wish they had something worth listening to here. Colin Cowherd sucks dirty hobo dick.

[Kaneman]

Truth.
Personally, I wish they had something worth listening to here. Colin Cowherd sucks dirty hobo dick.

:lol: They play Colin from 9-11 here, and I don't like it either. Too much Colin, not enough sportstalk.