[Raymond]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

In that case, I'd catch it and drop it or run around it. *It's not my ball.*

Another thing I do is take my whistle off at the horn as I'm running off. Nobody's going to grab me by the lanyard that way.

(In the old days, Earl Strom would take off his belt and wrap it around his hand in case he ever had to knock someone out who physically accosted him. Times have changed, but some things remain the same.)

Originally Posted by tref

Rich, whats that all about?

So no one can run up on you and snatch you by the lanyard. In fact I often tuck my whistle in my shirt during full time-outs and between quarters.