Renowned college football coach Nick Saban and LeBron James appear to be set to go head to head in court over a claim of copyright infringement. The drama started last week when Saban and the University of Alabama shared a trailer for a series entitled "Shop Talk." The trailer shows Atlanta Falcons WR Julio Jones and Saban in a barbershop. Days later, LeBron James' media platform UNINTERRUPTED sent a letter to Alabama. According to ESPN, a portion of the letter read as follows:
"Your continued exploitation of 'Shop Talk' infringes 'UNINTERRUPTED's' copyright, trademark rights and other valuable intellectual property rights in 'The Shop' and significantly damages 'UNINTERRUPTED's' commercial prospects for 'The Shop.'"
Saban responded to the letter, stating, "I think LeBron James is a great player. There's been at least 20 barbershop-type things I've seen. I didn't even know he had one. I'm sorry anybody could be offended by something we were just trying to have fun with. I enjoyed it and we're going to continue to do it."
Speaking with the press after the Cavs 112-106 win over the Raptors on Tuesday night, James candidly spoke about Saban's response.
"You guys know Nick Saban more than I do, so that's exactly what I would think he would say," states James. "I built UNINTERRUPTED for a reason and for us athletes to have a platform to be able to speak about whatever we want to talk about. I respect him as a coach, but I'll be damned if I'll allow someone to use our platform or try to do the same thing we're doing and just think it's okay. So, the lawyers will figure it out."
Source: espn.com
