Why are refs not mic’d up to talk to each other?

And you know every once in a while the head ref would hit the wrong button and start talking through the PA system and it would be funny.

Too easy for refs to conspire to throw flags.

They are,

But it is better to get together and talk, especially when u have multiple fouls or fouls with varied enforcement spots and other extenuating issues on a play

They do.

But when having longer discussions with multiple people, things get stepped on easily obviously.

Rugby broadcasts the refs, including their discussions of replays, and it is glorious.

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Didn’t know that, thanks for confirmation

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ya welcome.. imagine the bitching if they stayed at their spots and just talked.......

They are mic’ d up. But it is sometimes difficult hearing what another official is saying. If you watch closely you might see one of them turning on their communication device and saying something like, “sub, sub, sub” with both arms extended for an offensive substitution; “short, short, short” on a play that ends near the line to gain; or “tee, tee, tee” when the offense brings out the FG team. Notice that all of these examples are short, repeated words intended to notify the whole crew. When penalties are involved crew members need to get face to face to discuss what they saw. Pass Interference, intentional grounding, and false start vs offside often need to be confirmed with other officials especially if two flags are thrown. Are the 2 (or more) flags for the same foul or is there more than one foul. And, of course the Referee wants to try and make sure he gets the player’s number right. Remember that there is often a lot of noise in the stadium that makes hearing through an earpiece difficult