We have one member of our zone who refs without a lanyard. Like some of you mentionned, he is veteran who can call his own shots. He did the Gold Medal game of the 1992 Olympic Games. I was watching a game that he was officiating with a friend of mine. He sarcastically asked if the referees manual said you should put your whistle in your pocket before you report a foul. I replied he could put it down his pants if he wanted to. For the rest of us, that`s a different story.
We had a young official who tried to emulate him a while ago. He was told by our assignor to use a lanyard.
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