I was assigned to the same school multiple times one season. The last time I was there, during a time-out, I said to one of the cheerleaders, "I've been here a lot this year and I hear you cheer for the team, for the other team, even for the other team's cheerleaders; but never the refs." She laughed. ("Ha, ha. This old guy is trying to be funny with me. . .")
Next time-out we heard:
Give. . .those. . .refs a hand!
Let's give those refs a hand!