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					Originally Posted by bossman72
					
				 
				Guys, 
 
If you (R) do not have a microphone at the game, and you are giving the signals for any penalty, do you still call out the penalty as if you had a mic, or do you just stay silent and give the hand signals? 
 
Just curious. 
 
Thanks 
 
PS- you guys will be getting a lot of basic questions from me this season.  i'm a baseball umpire and will be migrating to football in a few years, so i'll occasionally poke my head in here to ask some questions to get a leg up for when i go do this for real. 
			
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 I do, but I'll be honest when I say I'm a lot more careful about knowing the exact situation and the down before announcing on a microphone, since I'll have to tell "the world."