Your Preference

[Ray_from_Mi]

I use the noose as well. Seems sometimes I would inadvertently hit the whistle with my hand after it has come out of my mouth, and then the whistle would do a full-gainer and hit me in the eyebrow, not cool. I would like to get a magnetic breakaway for the noose, so some wiseguy fan can't corral me.

[Ed Maeder]

Fox 40 does make a breakaway noose lanyard. Honigs sells it.

[j51969]

If I use a lanyard, I use a noose made by smitty. It stays up real tight and doesn't fall down. Mostly I prefer not to use one at all. Some people don't approve of not using a lanyard. One official accused me of trying to look like an NBA ref. I told him when I was 19 I started officiating BB in the military. Good extra money and it got me out of some crappy details. That's when I saw another ref give thrown to the ground by his lanyard. Never wore one again until the little smitty came out. I just don't like the way they look and tug on my shirt. To each his own.

[Adam]

I prefer the smitty. It's what most the refs around here wear, and I have no desire to stand out at this point. Not that those refs who choose to use a noose or no lanyard at all are doing so to stand out; only that fitting in is enough reason for me to make an otherwise benign decision.

[Mark Padgett]

Always the Smitty. No noose is good noose.