Paper Ball Shooting to Become
Recognized Sport – CoverUps.com

Paper ball shooting gains in popularity as rumors of upcoming professional league tournament slated for 2007.

By Fredericka Kozlowski
CoverUps.com Investigator

ALL ACROSS THE US - In grade school, children across the country have always thrown away paper. But what kind of kid actually walks over and puts it in the trash? None. Studies have shown that 80% of the time (mostly when the teacher isn't watching) kids crumple the paper into a ball and throw it into the trash, as if they were playing basketball. This skill becomes highly developed over the years for some people, and to this day many adults turn it into office sport.

It's no surprise then that big business took note of this phenomenon, and began making plans to cash in on it. Now it looks like those plans may come to fruition. Rumor has it that ESPN will broadcast the first Paper Ball Shooting Tournaments, starting in the winter of 2007.

Robert Faulkner, President of the little-known league, granted an exclusive interview to CoverUps.com:

"For the past ten years, our sport has operated underground. Now we've started drawing serious audiences, and big money. This is no longer just a pastime. It's a true sport. The great thing about it is it can be played in so many different ways. Singles, doubles, teams, triple-trash-can cans – I mean the variety is huge."

Admittedly, it seems almost anything can be called a sport these days, which is why Paper Ball Shooting still isn't taken seriously by some. The lack of a good name is part of the problem. Battles rage behind the scenes over what to call it. The leading names – Wastketball, Paperball, and Trashshooting – each have their advocates. At least one lawsuit has been filed, but the presiding judge threw it out of court, before he laughed himself to death.

This is the first time in history a sport has originated in the kindergarten class room.

Meanwhile, the elementary school classroom continues to be fertile ground for that ever-elusive Next Big Sport. Some say spit-wad shooting is tomorrow's big hit. Practical issues may prevent it from being as popular as wastketball: sanitation and the need for expensive cameras to determine shot accuracy could doom it. And with dry mouth being a side-effect of so many medications being prescribed for children, proponents of spit-wadding – or loogie-ball, as some call it – face an uphill battle. But Faulkner is hopeful that with the success of Wasketball, loogie-ball will get the chance it deserves.