Origin of pulling your whistle out of pocket when you're just about to tip off

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by stiffler3492

I'd say yall are being too paranoid about people grabbing the whistle in a fight, but we've seen way too often that you can't put anything past anyone.

Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get me

Seriously though, if someone is going to throw a haymaker at you, they usually will grab at the center of your shirt to try to hold you in place for the punch. Why give them one more thing to grab at?