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[Reffing Rev.]

I have in the past disagreed with mike p. But every clinic I've been to in the last 4 years has strongly discouraged the umpire's signal. So we've eliminated it. Does anyone else still have U give a signal? Is that still standard in nfl or is Mike out of the loop?

Now, 95% of the people observing a football game have no idea about the communication that goes on among officials, but this one has an obvious connotation. I give attaboys on the field, but only verbally. I would never high five my umpire for making a crew-saving chop block call on my tackle. I don't think it is a big deal, nor do I think it should be a downgrade, but I would discourage it on our crew.