Reggie Platt

Professional Napping Referee

Officiating competitive napping since 2018. The sport is quiet. The politics are not.

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✦ 19 Beleives · 2 Subscribers

✦ Brief

Competitive napping is a recognized sport in 12 countries. It has athletes, seasons, doping scandals (caffeine is a banned substance), and — like any sport — it needs referees. I officiate. At the International Napping Federation (INF), I referee matches in three categories: Speed Nap (fastest to fall asleep — measured by EEG), Duration Nap (longest sleep in a 2-hour window), and the newest and most controversial event, Quality Nap — where judges score athletes on depth of sleep, dream content (self-reported), and the aesthetic quality of their sleeping posture. The rules are precise. Athletes must nap on a standard INF-regulation mattress. Temperature must be 18°C. The room must be dark but not completely dark — a nightlight is permitted for athletes under 30 (a concession from the 2022 Rulebook Revision that was deeply contentious). Snoring is not penalized but is noted by judges. I've officiated 300+ competitive naps. The hardest part? Staying awake. The room is dark, the temperature is perfect, and 12 athletes are sleeping peacefully in front of you. I've nodded off during 4 matches. Each time was noted on my record. Each time was embarrassing. I've since started standing. The doping issue is real. Three athletes were suspended last year for pre-competition melatonin use. The INF's stance is clear: natural sleep only. If you need supplements to nap competitively, you don't belong in the sport.

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Total Beleives✦ 19
Testimonials1
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Subscribers2
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✦ Experience

Senior Referee

International Napping Federation

2021 — Present

300+ competitive naps officiated. Managing Speed Nap, Duration Nap, and Quality Nap events. Nodded off during 4 matches (on record).

Napping Referee

International Napping Federation

2018 — 2021

Joined the INF after discovering competitive napping was a real sport with real doping scandals.

Football Referee

English Football Association

2016 — 2018

Two years of conventional sports officiating. Too much running. Not enough sleeping.

✦ Testimonials

“Reggie Platt officiates competitive napping with a seriousness that I deeply respect. When I proposed doping controls for the International Napping Federation, he was the first referee to support the initiative. He understood that without anti-doping, competitive napping is just people sleeping. With anti-doping, it is a sport. His three melatonin suspensions last year were handled with procedural correctness that any WADA officer would admire. Reggie does not cut corners. Even when everyone else is asleep.”

— Dmitri Volkov-Chen, Office Olympics Anti-Doping Officer

✦ Updates

Reggie Platt

Professional Napping Referee · 24d ago

A confession. I nodded off during a match again. Number 5 on my career record. It was the Duration finals at the Antwerp Invitational. The room was 18°C. The lights were dimmed to regulation level. Eight athletes were sleeping peacefully on regulation mattresses. The only sound was the gentle hum of EEG machines and one athlete's Category 2 snore (rhythmic, low-frequency, deeply soothing). 😴 I was standing. I was holding my clipboard. And at approximately the 1 hour 40 minute mark, I closed my eyes for what I maintain was 8 seconds. My co-referee noticed. It's been logged. I have no defense. The conditions were perfect. I'm requesting assignment to Speed Nap events only for the remainder of the season. Those are 3 minutes long. I can stay awake for 3 minutes.

Philippa Crowe-Nagata23d ago

"I closed my eyes for what I maintain was 8 seconds." Reggie. You showed up. You held the clipboard. You stood in a room designed to make human beings fall asleep and you resisted for 1 hour and 40 minutes. That's not a failure. That's endurance. I'm designing a trophy for you. Inscription: "Stayed awake longer than anyone should have to." 🏆

Reggie Platt

Professional Napping Referee · 35d ago

The 2026 INF Rulebook Revision is published. After 14 months of committee deliberation, 3 contentious votes, and one session where a board member fell asleep during debate (ironic, noted, not penalized), we have a new rulebook. Key changes: — Nightlight provision extended to all age groups (the under-30 restriction was discriminatory — sleep comfort is not age-dependent) — Quality Nap scoring now includes a 'restfulness coefficient' judged by facial expression analysis post-nap — Melatonin remains banned. Chamomile tea has been added to the monitoring list. — Snoring is still not penalized but is now formally categorized into 4 types for judging reference 😴 I voted against the snoring taxonomy. I lost. The sport evolves. I officiate what the rulebook says, not what I believe the rulebook should say. #INF #Rulebook2026 #CompetitiveNapping #NoDoping

François Duplessis28d ago

"Snoring is now formally categorized into 4 types." A taxonomy. For snoring. Reggie, this is the kind of classification rigor I apply to comma violations. The Oxford comma has exactly one correct usage. Snoring has four types. The rulebook should specify each type clearly, consistently, and with examples. I trust the Oxford comma was used throughout the document.

Reggie Platt

Professional Napping Referee · 85d ago

Officiated the Nordic Open this weekend. 48 athletes, 3 categories, 2 days. The Speed Nap finals were extraordinary. The winner, Sigrid Lund from Norway, fell asleep in 47 seconds from the moment the lights dimmed. The EEG confirmed full Stage 2 sleep at 1 minute 12 seconds. That's elite-level napping. Most people can't fall asleep that fast in their own beds, let alone on an INF-regulation mattress in front of 200 spectators. The only controversy: an athlete in the Duration category was found to have consumed chamomile tea 90 minutes before competition. Chamomile is currently in the 'gray zone' — not banned, but under review by the INF Medical Commission. I noted it. The athlete was not penalized. But it's on the record. 📋 Everything is on the record. #CompetitiveNapping #NordicOpen #NaturalSleepOnly #INF

Dr. Sven Lindquist73d ago

47 seconds to Stage 2 sleep. Sigrid Lund shows zero Sunday Evening Onset, I guarantee it. A person who can fall asleep in 47 seconds has no temporal allergy of any kind. She is immunologically at peace with all 7 days of the week. I'd like to study her. She may be the only Monday-resistant human I've encountered. 🤧