Nuggets mascot Rocky "was at the Colorado Republican rally Monday and evidently didn't check with his bosses" at Kroenke Sports & Entertainment about it, according to David Krause of the DENVER POST. Nuggets Marketing Manager Graham Wincott, who handles Rocky and his appearances, said the team's mascot showing up at the GOP event was "an unsanctioned, unpaid appearance that we had no knowledge of." Sports teams and organizations "typically stay away from any kind of political endorsements or appearances, which is why the Kroenke brass was surprised by the appearance." Wincott: "As a sports team, we want to be apolitical. Two things we never touch on are politics and religion." Wincott said KSE's management team yesterday met "with the actor who plays Rocky to figure out exactly how it happened and what transpired and get to the bottom of how all this occurred." Wincott said that the matter "was being handled 'internally' but the organization is setting 'new protocol for anyone who wears a mascot uniform for a Kroenke sports team'" (DENVER POST, 10/1).
