Wanting to Officiate - Need Help

[sir_eldren]

Another thing you can do is to actually officiate youth football. In most parts of North America you don't have to be 18 or 21 years old or a HS graduate to officiate: I've met 15-year-old baseball umpires, 14-year-old hockey referees, 17-year-old basketball referees, and even one 16-year-old football official.

The football official in question worked youth games in another organization, but he said that he couldn't wait to graduate from HS to start doing the games that paid, what he called, "Big Bucks." LOL! I'd ask the association you're following to get you in contact with the youth/Pop Warner assigner so that you can get on the field. It's not too late in the season, and the experience will be great.

-Craig