Lanyard or No lanyard

[WVJD]

We have an official here that does not use a lanyard & he is a skilled and highly respected official. However his whistle is always in his mouth, when he reports at the scorers table the whistle stays in his mouth whenn he calls a foul or violation the whistle stays in his mouth. Several other officials and I watched him beofre our game and all commented that we couldn't understand his verbalizations. A lanyard would surely alleviate this. I'm sure he doesn't realize the confusion caused.

A lanyard is a simple tool to use which may help us be clearer to our patners & table..

[JRutledge]

I just do not see the point of not using one. I hear the "whistle control" justification and it makes no sense to me. Not sure what the big deal is to wear a lanyard of some kind. Then again as said it really comes down to who you work for, but I do know some people that do not get games because of this. Oh well.

Peace