Quote:Actually the judge should have stood (or held) the ball at the (in front of the center) LOS between the defense and offense.  He was in the wrong position. 

 

Usually the judge then runs backwards between the center and NG, towards the backfield blows the whistle indicating play to resume, or start, and is out of harms way.That is usually the case for a ref delaying the snap to protect himself. 

 

The ref apologized because he knew he was in the wrong position. If he was in the right position for delaying the snap, none of this would have happened.