![]() ![]() Today, finger-whistle officials are taught to give their whistle a few toots, then make their signal. Watch old footage of the NFL from the 1960s and ’70s and you will see rampant one-armed signals made by some of the most legendary officials of that era. It looks very sloppy for an official to make a one-armed incomplete, touchdown, or stop-the-clock signal. Also, officials have to be wary of one-handed signals. A ball or player could also hit the finger whistle and injure the official’s hand. One is that if an official is blowing the whistle and a player hits his arm, the official ends up punching himself in the face and the whistle could damage his teeth. There are cons to using the finger whistle. Many officials who use a finger whistle say that extra moment has saved them from an IW. Many officials like to use the finger whistle because it takes an extra moment to bring the whistle up to the mouth and the official has to make a concerted effort to do so. Historically, finger whistles have been very popular in the south and east while the lanyard has been popular in the Midwest and west however those historical norms have become more blurred as time goes by.Įach method has its pros and cons. ![]() The NFL allows the officials to use all three methods. Football officials carry their whistle three ways: either on a lanyard draped around their neck, a finger whistle, which is a device that fits over two or more fingers with the whistle attached, or on a short lanyard tied to their wrist. ![]()
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