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Get more case briefs explained with Quimbee. Quimbee has over 16,300 case briefs (and counting) keyed to 223 casebooks ► https://www.quimbee.com/case-briefs-o... Detroit Lions, Inc. v. Argovitz | 580 F. Supp. 542 (1984) Billy Sims was a football star. On the field, it was clear who was on his team. But off the field, things weren’t always so transparent. Sims thought Jerry Argovitz was his agent until he learned Argovitz was playing his own game at Sims’s expense. In Detroit Lions versus Argovitz, we’ll see how Argovitz went off-sides and the court threw a penalty flag at his treachery. Sims played for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League, or N F L. In early nineteen eighty-three, Argovitz began negotiating a contract with the Lions on Sims’s behalf. The parties exchanged offers and counteroffers. By May thirtieth, the Lions were considering Argovitz’s latest demand for three-point-five million dollars over five years plus certain fringe benefits. During these negotiations, Argovitz and his partners applied for a franchise in a new professional league, the United States Football League, or U S F L. Argovitz’s team was called the Houston Gamblers. Sims knew about Argovitz’s application, but he didn’t know how deeply Argovitz was tied to the Gamblers. Argovitz was the team’s president, was responsible for nearly thirty percent of its debts, and was to receive a handsome salary. During negotiations with the Lions, Argovitz told one of his partners to recruit Sims for the Gamblers. In late June, Sims traveled to Houston to negotiate in person. Argovitz attended, as well, ostensibly on Sims’s behalf. The Gamblers offered Sims a five-year contract for three-point-five million dollars plus some additional guarantees. Argovitz told Sims he thought the Lions would match the Gamblers’ offer. But Sims was feeling hurt by negotiations with the Lions. He told Argovitz not to call the Lions, a response Argovitz apparently both wanted and expected. Sims then accepted the Gamblers’ offer. Ordinarily, an agent negotiating with one team would use an offer from another team as a bargaining chip. The Lions gave Argovitz this opportunity by calling him during the Houston negotiations. But Argovitz refused to take the call, and he never spoke to the Lions about the Gamblers’ offer. That December, no longer represented by Argovitz, Sims signed a contract with the Lions for four-point-five million dollars. Both Sims and the Lions sued Argovitz and the Gamblers in a Michigan state court. They alleged that Argovitz breached his fiduciary duty to Sims, and they sought to rescind Sims’s contract with the Gamblers. Argovitz removed the case to federal district court, and the case was tried before Judge DeMascio. Want more details on this case? Get the rule of law, issues, holding and reasonings, and more case facts here: https://www.quimbee.com/cases/detroit... The Quimbee App features over 16,300 case briefs keyed to 223 casebooks. Try it free for 7 days! ► https://www.quimbee.com/case-briefs-o... Have Questions about this Case? Submit your questions and get answers from a real attorney here: https://www.quimbee.com/cases/detroit... Did we just become best friends? Stay connected to Quimbee here: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel ► https://www.youtube.com/subscription_... Quimbee Case Brief App ► https://www.quimbee.com/case-briefs-o... Facebook ►   / quimbeedotcom   Twitter ►   / quimbeedotcom   #casebriefs #lawcases #casesummaries