ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — In his first comments since suing the trustees running the Denver Broncos, Bill Bowlen said he doesn’t want the NFL involved in what he believes is a family matter.



“I’m a little surprised that (the trustees) are asking for a stay so they can go to arbitration with the league on the controlling owner issue,” Bill told The Athletic, in response to the trustees’ motion to suspend the legal proceedings and seek arbitration from the NFL. “Read my complaint. One of my objections is the way they’ve handled the controlling ownership issue. However, there are several other equally compelling issues in that complaint — no accountability for the trustees, breach of fiduciary duties, there are power of attorney issues, how the trustees obtained their current positions and the revocation of one of my brother’s original trusts after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.



“This complaint is not...