'Red Hat'/'Orange Gloves' Signals

[Matt S.]

I've been asked to be the 'Red Hat' for a series of televised high school games in our area and was wondering if anyone knows if there are any 'official' signals Red Hats use at the college and NFL level.

The one time I can remember looking at the Orange gloved man at an NFL game, he was crossing his arms with different patterns, which I'm sure symbolized the amount of time left in a TV timeout.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[JRutledge]

There are none that I would call standard from an officiating point of view. We go over this with the TV guys before the game and they are usually very simple. Usually they are on the field when they want you to wait and they are giving a signal and getting off the field when they are back from commercial. I would not worry about it as you have a head set and will know what the director wants and make that clear with the crew. But no signals that are in the rules that I am aware of.

Peace

[BIG UMP]

The couple I red hatted prior to being on a crew in college we used hand straight up at 30 seconds, parallel to the ground at 15 and winding at 0.

The crew was notifying the teams at 30 getting them to the line at 15 and winding it at 0. No time wasted.