The way the certification process for games works will often leave a 2-3 month window where the developer can either create a patch, or work on additional content.
Had Del Priore been covering them for Patch, or had he merely used his work there as an excuse to get access to athletes, it would be a very different story.
Microsoft told users to download a free patch, the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit, as a temporary solution while the company continued to work on a long-term fix.