Fans has accused Arizona Cardinals quarterback large receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. and his limited liability company, the Official Harrison Collection, for breach of contract, predictive rejection and tortious intervention. Harrison Jr. contends that neither his LLC nor his alter ego are his true partners and that he never signed a term contract with Fanatics in subsequent court filings with New York Judge Anar R. Patel.
The term plate was rather signed by the LLC’s registered agent, retired NFL superstar Marvin Harrison, Sr. —the NFL coach’s father.
The creation, reported Thursday by Cllct’s Darren Rovell, came as part of a series of judge papers over the last week in a legal dispute that could sing out beyond the 2024 NFL season.

Fanatics and the LLC entered into an agreement—dubbed a “binding term sheet” —in May 2023 that bound Harrison Jr. to provide Fanatics with autographed cards and partake in promotional activities. Fanatics alleges that Harrison Jr. and the LLC broke the contract by refusing to hand out special cards, violating the terms of luxury and anonymity. Fans claims that the company suffered significant profit loss and reputation damage. The business demands that Patel declare the name plate to be bound and executable.
But Harrison Jr., who was the third overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft, offers a very unique take. In a sworn oath, the former Ohio State sun insists he was not a party to the word plate, adding,” I was not requested to, nor did I always, sign any document that personally obligated me to do anything concerning” the term sheet.
His dad agrees. The affidavit of Marvin Harrison Sr. expressly supports his son’s account of events.
” I negotiated and signed” the term sheet “on behalf of The Official Harrison Collection LLC”, Harrison Sr. swore. Marvin Harrison Jr. never intended to become personally bound; neither did he personally sign it on behalf of The Official Harrison Collection LLC.
The question of whether a term contract is enforceable is between the parties. Some courts have found that a term sheet, even when dubbed “binding”, is merely an” an agreement to agree” rather than a contract itself.
Earlier this year, the Court of Appeal of Louisiana ruled that even though former LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron signed a “binding term sheet” with the university in 2020, it was n’t enforceable, despite the word “binding”, as it was later superseded by an employment contract. However, the promotional arrangement presented by Fanatics and Harrison Jr. is different from the two facts that are prospective employment and actual employment.
The LLC contends that Fanatics violated the term sheet by making available sensitive details about the deal, despite the term sheet being enforceable. Additionally, it claims that Fanatics has not paid the LLC or Harrison Jr. According to Fanatics ‘ complaint,” Fanatics made payments to Harrison Jr. over the next few months, including in both August and October 2023,” that statement contradicts Fanatics ‘ claim.

Whether the LLC, through Harrison Sr., could function as Harrison’s Jr. alter ego or agent is a major source of tension for Patel to resolve. Harrison Jr. stated in his affidavit that he had been informed that it was perfectly acceptable to conduct business and contract work with limited liability companies and that there is no personal liability when the business dissatisfies its contractual obligations. He continued,” I am aware that one’s goal in forming a limited liability company is to protect oneself from personal contractual liability.”
In one court filing, Harrison Jr.’s attorneys argue that in a 2022 case involving Floyd Mayweather, the boxer was “personally dismissed” from the suit regarding an exhibition match scheduled to take place in Dubai because a business had” contracted with Mayweather Promotions, not Floyd Mayweather himself”. That was the case, Harrison Jr. noted, even with Mayweather being president of Mayweather Promotions.
An LLC can be used to “insulate oneself from personal contractual liability,” according to Harrison Jr., but judges can sometimes become less convinced of that claim as more it becomes clear that the LLC is merely an extension of the individual. The extent to which Harrison Jr. or Harrison Sr. controlled the LLC could become a central, if somewhat personal, question.
A schedule that includes a completion of pretrial expert discovery by March 31, 2025, and a trial readiness conference scheduled for April 14th, 2025 has been jointly proposed by the parties to Patel.
Meanwhile, the NFLPA has asked the Cardinals, the NFL and Fanatics to not sell jersey in light of the litigation.