The New Gens was something that happened during the 6 months

Something I’ve been wondering for a while now is why none of the Blue Lock guys knew anything about New Gen. It’s assumed that the group was created by PIFA as part of a marketing campaign or something to promote what they considered the next big stars of the world stage, so both their names and faces would have already been revealed to the public in the form of interviews, magazines and news, and because of the interaction between Kaiser and Lorenzo when they met during the Bastard vs Ubers match, they already knew each other and it seemed like they had some familiarity (they weren’t friends but it didn’t seem like it was the first time they had seen each other either) so they were probably all gathered together for photo shoots as a single group.

So how come the blue lock boys seem to not know what a new gen is before the Neo egoistic league arc or not know their faces or names if they are supposed to be a group endorsed by the same PIFA who have made it clear that their number 1 priority is money and they would not miss the opportunity to promote a group like that.

My thought is that the New gen eleven group was not created until after everyone entered Blue lock where their connection to the internet or news from outside was completely cut off (except for Nagi who was able to get her phone back but she only used it to play her games) and that after the U20 match vs Blue lock monopolized the sports news media and they dedicated themselves completely to that so they ended up burying any old news of that new lineup to be discovered by the boys.