They are afraid that their employees will sacrifice production in favor of watching live-streaming college basketball games, prioritizing March Madness over their day-jobs.
But for you European blokes who'll be suffering the same launch daymadness that we're still surviving next year, we highly doubt Sony will cut you any slack, especially considering how much dough they're already losing.
However, it would be madness to write off Denman, who himself beat another Gold Cup rival Albertas Run out of sight that day, and it would be no surprise at all to see him bounce back.