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Shots which fail to reach the end of the table allow the opponent to "receive possession", that is, to take his own shot from that point. Players generally alternate shots until one scores a touchdown or the paper football is knocked completely off of the table. In some variations, a shot which results in part of the paper football extending over the side of the table results in a "first down", and the shooter is allowed another shot from that point. Shots which go entirely off of the side of the table are considered "out of bounds", and the opponent is allowed a shot from the point at which the paper football went over the edge of the table, or an equivalent spot directly inward from that point. Shots which go entirely off of the end of the table result in the opponent being allowed to kick a "field goal", which employs precisely the same method as described above for "extra points" after touchdowns, except that it scores three points rather than one. In some variations, a shot that goes off the end of the table is scored an "off," and a player gets to attempt a field goal once their opponent has accumulated a pre-determined number of "offs," often three. Games are not of any specific length and are usually played until one participant scores a predetermined number of points and is then recognized as the winner. Games are generally played quite quickly unless the predetermined number of points required is very high. This game is widely practiced, generally by boys of Primary and Middle School age in the United States , as an informal recreation. At one point in time many schools attempted to ban it, perhaps as being an unauthorized football game, but now it is generally tolerated as the harmless pastime that it usually is and less violent than many other forms of informal recreation could easily be. The game's origins, while unclear, believe to date back to its creator, Beau "Big Daddy" Kazaam, who first played the game in the confines of his Philadelphia domino parlor. EXTERNAL LINKS
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