Look, I'll admit that what we do doesn't completely conform to the mechanics manual.
We hold on the thumbs as we close on the play -- it lets us each verify that none of us has a foul or violation first. If one of us has a foul/violation, he comes in immediately with it. If none of us do...that means we have a held ball and all of us can give the thumbs.
Since we moved to this, we haven't had a single instance of thumbs + something else.
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