Where do you keep your Spare Whistle

[Todd (Mike) Mullen]

During my first year of officiating I wanted to make a good impression on the assignors and took every game they threw my way. But in the very beginning I had to to turn down a couple games because they called me at work to do one the same day and I wouldn't have time to go back to my apt. and get a uniform.

So ever since, I keep an entire spare bag in my trunk that has everything I have in my regular travel kit. It came in very handy that first year as assignors knew they could count on me up to the very last minute.

Since that first year, I haven't had to use it, but I still keep it in there, just in case, God forbid, I would forget any gear in my regular kit (which does, btw, include spare whistles).