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Originally Posted by BryanV21
One of the varsity officials who was part of my mentoring crew didn't use a lanyard, and fellow officials would always give him crap about it. Just good-natured, although the one without the lanyard once dropped the whistle out of his mouth during a live ball.
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I get jabbed occasionally by fellow officials for not wearing one. Like everyone else I cut my teeth in basketball doing CYO, YMCA youth leagues, and adult wreck ball 20+ years ago. Once after an adult game ended badly a player came up behind me and grabbed my lanyard and tried to rip my head off. Back them smitty's and break away's didn't exist. They were just the thick rope that hung in front. I swore to never have that happen again. It took awhile to get used to it, but I haven't dropped my whislte well over a decade. I always carry a spare in my right pocket just in case.