Pro Football

Pat Bowlen, owner of the Denver Broncos, said he doesn’t want “domestic housewives” deciding the fate of the NFL’s labor suit. He said he would rather the league’s executive committee settle the matter than “eight women who are basically domestic housewives.”

A U.S. District Court jury that includes eight women is weighing the arguments of NFL players and executives in an antitrust trial set to resume Monday in Minneapolis.

League owners agreed to allow the executive committee of the NFL Management Council to negotiate with the NFL Players Assn., meaning any agreement needs only the committee’s approval, not approval of 21 of the 28 teams, as required in the past.