How many times have you seen a QB, RB, WR get up and immediately find the ump, run to him and give him the ball in a time sensitive situation? Personally, I've seen it about a million times. It is standard operating procedure.
Our elite leader had no idea where the ump even was before he handed the ball to the center and tried to run a play. Our elite leader actually blocked the ump from getting to the ball. Our elite leader then whined about "the hit" from the ump in his post game PC.
The more this game ages, the smellier it gets.