In Football We Trust Page #3

ever to come through.

They got one of his.

Hunter Wolverine

flags right here.

Vita:
He was one of the best

running backs in the country

at his time.

He didn't make it past

the college level

due to personal problems.

[Players shouting]

Everyone tells me to go

farther than our dad.

It's just... just a lot

of pressure.

Leva:
He's done.

Just trying to make

a name for myself.

On the field, man,

I ain't that nice.

Man, what I learned

on the streets, the mentality,

I transferred that all

onto that football field.

It's all about mental toughness,

and with Vita, you know,

he doesn't have that... that.

"I want to rip your damn

head off" mentality,

whereas Leva, I mean, he's...

he's totally different.

You know, he's got that chip

on his shoulder.

He and I are alike.

He and I are alike,

and that's my... my boy.

Fua:
I have to watch

him all the time.

I mean, he's got... he's got

that [snaps fingers]

We don't even have a fuse.

[Chatter]

[Crowd and players shouting]

[Whistle blows]

Man:
Like I said,

run like a beast, man.

If you know you're gonna

come up to some contact,

tuck the ball away

and put the helmet on him.

You got to unleash

what's in here, OK,

and cut him in half.

[Exhales]

Spill some blood, Leva.

[Crowd and players shouting]

[Whistle blows]

Leva:
They're just

blasting through

like nothing.

It looks like you guys

don't even want to play.

You guys scared?

[Shouting]

When you guys mess up,

don't say sorry.

We don't want to hear that...

Just come back and play harder.

[Crowd shouting]

[Whistle blows]

Uh!

Fua, voice-over:

We're a hard-working people.

I live paycheck to paycheck.

Football, man...

it's not a way out.

I mean, it's a way up.

I love you, baby.

Man:
We don't want to see

our parents struggle.

They brought us from

the islands to America

to kind of give us

more of an opportunity,

and I think that's... I think

that's what we're doing

is trying to take

advantage of it,

and football just happens to be

the best way for us to do that.

Whoo hoo hoo!

Man:
There's a lot of pride

in our culture,

you know, letting people know

that they come from

a... a great family

so that we're... you know,

have, uh, good roots...

that...and I could

represent them.

Fihi:
I went back to Tonga

my freshman year

to see my dad, you know.

I went to school there

for a year,

and I got to see how everything

was like over there

compared to over here.

[Children shouting]

Boy:
Thank you.

Thank you very much.

But, uh, staying in Tonga

with my dad

wasn't, um... wasn't

all that great.

I would say, like, flat-out,

he's a cheater, a drunk, um...

no respect for him, but, um...

uh...

yeah.

Getting hit and all that stuff,

you know, I didn't like it.

Seeing him was not... showed me

what I don't want to be,

and it shows me, um,

that I can be

something better

than that, you know.

It gives me more drive to...

to get everything that

I need to do for my family,

since he's not doing it,

to, uh, take care of them...

do the things that I need to do.

When I got back,

I noticed my prayer

and my relationship

with the Lord got bigger.

I felt like I could talk

to the Lord like he was my dad.

They told me on Thursday

I was gonna speak.

It's only a 5-minute

talk, you know.

It's the youth speaker.

There are some words

like prerequisite.

I was like, "Prerequisite?

Come on, now."

[Organ music]

Fihi:
My grandpa converted

to the Mormon religion

and moved here to America

for opportunity.

Most Polynesians

here in Utah are Mormon.

Man:
First of all, we'll be

pleased to hear from

the youth speaker, who will be

Brother Fihi Kaufusi.

Before I start my talk,

I would like to thank.

Brother Jorgensen for giving

me the opportunity

to speak to you guys today.

You know, there's nothing more

that an 18-year-old boy wants

than to speak at Sacrament.

[Laughter]

Alvin Johansen...

Fihi, voice-over:

If I handle the church part,

this football and all

this other stuff...

they'll just... they'll just

fall into place.

[Laughter]

Mom:
We're walking out,

and he's calling Leva out,

and Leva's wanting to go ahead

up, and Fua is like,

"No, not here at the church."

Vita, voice-over: All of our

family... they're all in gangs...

drugs, drinking, drive-bys.

We've been around all of it.

I've had my share of smoking

and drinking and doing drugs

and beer runs and shooting

and all that.

But just... there's a time for it,

and there's a time

to change your ways,

and I've made my change.

I don't... I don't know...

Fua:
They're... they're

from the islands.

They're working.

My parents were... my dad was

always out of town.

As soon as he was out of town...

man, we would run wild,

you know what I'm saying?

Vita, voice-over: All my dad's

brothers are in prison.

All my mom's brothers,

they're in prison.

My mom and dad each

have one brother

that's in prison for life.

Newsman:
A near riot

allegedly sparked

by a handful of Utah's most

notorious gang members...

Different newsman: A nasty feud

between Polynesian street gangs.

TCG and Baby Regulators.

Newswoman:
The other 4 suspects

are associated with

the Baby Regulators gang.

Newsman:
The word "regulator"

is tattooed on his chest,

and a tribal band

is on his left arm.

[Indistinct police radio]

Vita, voice-over: My dad

and his cousins, they, uh...

they... they started Regulators.

We were sitting around one day,

and we just started to call

each other the Regs,

you know, just

for the fun of it...

a bunch of little

kids, you know?

Not thinking, foreseeing what

would bring about, you know?

But it was just a bunch of kids

trying to, you know,

just basically trying to make

a name for themselves.

I don't mean to be negative,

but the Bloomfield name is...

it's well-known throughout Utah

in the Polynesian community.

Our Bloomfield names mean people

look at us as if we're mean.

We walk down the street...

"Ah, no. Don't talk to them."

It's not like they can go

into a school and be like,

"Oh, look. We have

the Bloomfields here."

Yeah. No, that's not how it was.

It was always like,

"Their uncle did this"

or "Their dad was

the start of this."

Their families, you know,

they take care of each other,

they watch out for each other.

It's people that

you go to church with.

It's people that you've grown up

around your whole life.

Man, what can I tell you

about the Regs, man?

As I'm crying.

That's my family, man.

I'll never turn my back on them.

[Chatter]

This dude's gonna

make it right here.

He's gonna make it.

They're both gonna make it.

Even Leva is gonna make it.

I know, but size don't matter.

Jerry:
Size don't matter?

Hell, no. Tackle Vita.

Go tackle your nephew right now.

Dude, I will hurt him

if I tackle him.

Ha ha ha!

I'm serious, dude.

I will tackle you.

Vita, be ready.

Be ready.

I will hurt you.

Without pads,

but I can, believe it.

[Crack]

[Sharpening knife]

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes