First White Hat

[With_Two_Flakes]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I see a lot of white hats running up to the football on every play, essentially ping-ponging back and forth.

Yep, what RichMSN said - many White Hat's feel the need to go up to the ball to signal the RFP and also they do the same for a 1st down.
It's a 1st if you signal it from next to the ball, it's a 1st if you signal it from 10yds away.

Sometimes you do need to get to the pile, but more often it is one of your buddies who will do that and you should hang back and take a wider view of stuff and pick up dead ball action.