Yeah, and before that it was simply 'TBD'. It wasn't a decision they made proactively, it was reactive to being prodded about it over weeks.
Kinda strains credulity they couldn't find anything to talk about at all, from fodder about the team, fundraising efforts and further education or updates on the process the last few months since announcing they were going into massive debt to finance the game.
Poking around, between December and April they
removed this excerpt from their site:
We are proud to announce that Big Ant Studios has agreed to co-develop and publish Gridiron Champions. They have informed us that the total cost of development will be $5 Million Dollars. They are willing to to fund 50% of the development cost and we can begin production as soon as we have raised our half of the development cost ($2.5 Million Dollars).