Why should we wait for the visiting team to complain? Why should we put them in the position of having to complain? Our job isn't easy, and asking the visiting coach to be the bad guy before we enforce anything doesn't seem the most prudent path to me. The visiting coach may not know the rule, and we're basically giving him a disadvantage for not knowing the rules.
Chuck, I'd get direction from the folks who assign for this school as to what they want. If no one else is enforcing it, the assignor will either tell you to follow suit or address it with the other officials.
Otherwise, perhaps a call to the state's governing body, or to the conference commissioner, would help you get direction on how they want the noisemaker rule enforced.
Adam
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