Hello all,
The reasoning is simple, we goofed. All brands provide us with a product release date, which is date the ball is on the market to the public, as well as an information release date, the date where the ball is announced. We have agreements in place with all brands to keep these ball names/colors/existence out of the public eye. This is done for a number of reasons. Each brand has their own reasons but for the most part it is to
A. Not kill sales of current product by customers waiting for the new ball that in some cases would not be available for months.
B. There are advertising strategies in place based of those information release dates.
There was a miscommunication between our staff and the names were put up early on the website. As a result, we failed to comply with the release dates on the 811c/t and mass eruption. When we were notified (by a reader, not EBI) that the names had been put up on the website early, I had them removed. We would have done the same for 900 Global, Brunswick, Storm or any other brand of balls we receive for review.
Hope this answers any questions.