Any one have advice for me?

[Mike Simonds]

I was reading our association's bylaws the other day and I noticed that we have a minimum age requirement of 18 years and older. I did not join until I was 33 so I wasted 15 good years that I could have spent honing my skills.

Jerry Markbreit, a famous former NFL official, got his start refereeing intramural flag football games while he was a student in college.

The main thing is to just start: join your local association, go to meetings, and take it from there.