I was given a "talking to" at one of my first college scrimmages this year by the referee for not calling him "Mr. Referee." I was communicating with him calling him by his first name telling him the downed player was close to the LTG to take a look. I asked about it the next week to that week's R to see how he wanted to be addressed. He rolled his eyes when I told him so it's a personal preference by the referee and other officials in that week's crew how they wish to be addressed.
I refer to the players as "gentlemen" which seems to work well.
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