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Years do not always yield experience and in some cases years take experience away as some official rely on their past and do not look at current rules and mechanics.
As a 22 year official and 7th as a referee I often let a referee in training or younger officials work as the referee in lower level games. But you need to know the capability of the official who is going to lead the crew. Every football official cannot adequately do the job of referee.
By our informal rules the fourth year man would be the referee. Should you as a two-year official be the referee? The answer is "it depends" and if some authority in your association felt you should be referee you might consider that decision was made with great knowledge and thought.
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