Sports Authority Inc. can’t sell or transfer its Mile High Stadium naming rights or its team sponsorship without written consent, the Denver Broncos said in a bankruptcy court filing.

Like the Denver Metropolitan Football Stadium District, which owns Mile High, the Broncos hope to keep Sports Authority from auctioning off the contracts.

In a filing made late Friday, lawyers for PDB Sports Ltd., which does business as the Broncos, and Stadium Management Company LLC, which manages the stadium, said the bankrupt retailer doesn’t have the team’s consent to sell or assign its sponsorship agreement. The agreement includes a non-exclusive license to use the team’s trademarked logo in places such as the Sports Authority website, advertising and in-store signs, as well as elements of the stadium naming rights deal.

Sports Authority’s agreements with the Broncos and the Metropolitan Football Stadium District are among hundreds of contracts that could be assigned or sold in the Chapter 11 process, according to court filings.

The Broncos’ objection, made in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware late Friday, was more strongly worded than the one filed at the end of April, when the team and stadium manager took issue with Sports Authority’s claim that anyone buying the sponsorship deal would need to pay only $1.053 million to “cure” the contract.

“Pursuant to paragraph 15 of the sponsorship agreement, no party may assign the sponsorship agreement or any of its rights or obligations under the sponsorship agreement without the prior written consent of the other parties,” attorneys for the Broncos wrote in Friday’s filing.

On Sunday, Englewood-based Sports Authority filed for court approval to hire AccuVal to appraise intellectual property including trademarks, trade names, sponsorships and naming rights.

Lawyers for the company wrote that they do not believe past appraisals of the intellectual property assets are accurate. Appraising the intellectual property, they wrote, will allow Sports Authority and its advisors “to accurately evaluate any bids … and to make informed decisions regarding the rejection of contracts related to intellectual property.”

The Metropolitan Football Stadium District last week filed an objection to the potential transfer of Sports Authority naming-rights agreement. The district said it wanted the ability to veto a deal based on specific criteria, including violation of NFL policies.

Sports Authority’s graduated annual payments of $6 million to $9 million for the naming rights are split between the Metropolitan Football Stadium District and the Broncos.

Some Sports Authority’s leases, contracts and other assets are scheduled to be auctioned Monday. Other sales efforts are expected to be sold through the end of May.

Liquidators and competitors such as Dick’s Sporting Goods and Modell’s Inc. submitted bids, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing unnamed sources. The sources call the bids from Dick’s and Modell’s “disappointing.” An analyst previously speculated that Dick’s could vie for 80 to 180 leases.

Sports Authority officials could not be reached for comment.

Alicia Wallace: 303-954-1939, awallace@denverpost.com or @aliciawallace