In Football We Trust Page #4

What are you going for?

Dirty?

Rolling dirty, boy.

[Laughter]

That's what happens, dude.

Vita, voice-over: Being a part

of a family that's, people say,

a gang family was really hard

for me and especially Leva

because you see your uncles

and cousins come and go...

either they go back to prison

or come out of prison

or they pass away or they leave

because they got deported.

You don't get used to them

being there.

[Chatter]

But you just know that they're

there for a little bit.

Fua:
Man.

I have an older brother

I haven't seen...

shook his hand, gave him a hug

for...over 10 years now.

My little brother... same thing.

How did I escape that fate?

[Sigh]

Well, football.

[Doorbell rings]

Aloha. My brother Lee.

Come in. Come on in.

How you doing, big guy?

Good to see you.

How's everything?

You look good, man.

How you been?

Harvey, voice-over: Offers

just start flowing in...

How you doing?

Harvey:
mail every day.

They were all, like, you know,

"There's this Polynesian kid

"who's good at football

and he's good at school.

Let's get him. Let's get him."

He's gonna have

every single thing.

He's not gonna need

one penny from you guys.

If you want to play

pro football,

we have the blueprint.

My highlight of the whole night

was when he sat there

and he said,

"What do you want?"

He said, "I want to be the best.

"I want to be the best.

I'm driven to be the best."

I know he's coming to USC.

Harvey, voice-over:

All the coaches told me

how good my work ethic is

and how crazy it was

seeing me in person because

they thought that I was just

a... a big Polynesian that just

knew how to run over

little, small white

kids in Utah.

If he doesn't graduate

and he leaves to go to the NFL,

we still help him

get back to school,

and we still help him

with the tuition.

If he comes with me,

he's family.

We'll take care of him. OK?

We can even say the

prayer before we leave.

This is a hard

business, you know,

and this is what you

do for a living.

You try to get

good players like this,

but you understand, you know.

You just have to do

the best you can.

Yeah.

Harvey, voice-over: If I keep

making these right choices

and keep my head straight,

then things will just start

falling in place, you know.

I'll... I'll get my degree.

I'll go on and get

a good-paying job,

or I'll be in the League.

We would love

to have you at Utah.

Harvey, voice-over: And if

I'm in the League, you know,

the first couple of checks go

straight to

the family, you know.

It's not gonna go to me,

you know.

The first checks can go to Mom,

the second check to Dad,

you know, the third check

to Michelle, Paul,

and all the way down the list.

I could just... that's how

it's gonna be.

Our dear most gracious

heavenly Father,

We bow our heads and give thanks

in gratitude.

Harvey, voice-over: It's time.

I got to go to SC,

and I'm gonna bust my butt

and show everyone that I can be

a Polynesian running back.

Thanks again.

Woman:
Ah. This is wonderful.

Man:
Just a coronation with you.

Newsman:
Bingham High

running back Harvey Langi,

the top recruit in Utah,

was suspended for the Miners'

opener today against Hunter

for trespassing.

Considered by most pundits to be

the top high-school football

player in Utah...

Police officers said

they smelled marijuana,

and Langi first admitted

that he smoked it.

Then he said he didn't.

Coach:
Do you feel like

to break somebody's will

you've got to have that

desire and that passion

before you step on the field,

before it happens?

Sit up and listen, OK?

If you're not paying

attention right now,

act like you're sleeping, OK,

then walk out of

the room right now!

Either get your eyes up

and make eye contact

or get out!

Harvey, voice-over:

Coach Peck sat us down,

and he just started yelling.

"Why is there marijuana

in your guys' case?

"I don't care who you are.

I don't care how good you are.

"I want you to voluntarily

take a drug test,

and if you don't pass it,

you're off our team."

Kalasita:
Here you are,

put our family over here.

Here you are putting our family

to what? To hell.

Newswoman:
It happened

this morning

at Hunter High School

in West Valley City.

A 16-year-old came to school

armed with a gun.

Sandy, this is scary.

Sandy:
Yeah, it really is, Hope.

Police say two 16-year-olds

got into a fight out here

early this morning

before school.

At one point,

one of the students

goes inside the building

and comes back out

with a handgun.

He threatens to kill

his classmate,

then turns the gun on a crowd

that had gathered.

Woman:
Hi, Grant. This is Maile.

The young man who brought

the gun to school...

his name is Leva Bloomfield.

He is right now sitting

in my police officer's office.

He's doing the paperwork,

and the police officer

is going to take him to DT.

You say, you say, you say,

"I don't want to do this.

"I don't want to go to prison.

"I don't want to be

like my uncles.

I don't want to do this,"

and then you pull

something like this today?

Well, just, uh...

We were walking back

from [Indistinct] this morning,

and some of the Mexican kids

were smoking outside,

and they pulled

a knife out on...

Yeah. They pulled

a knife out on Leva.

Out of nowhere.

Oh, man.

Leva ran inside

to grab his strap

from the locker, and he ran out,

and he pulled it out on the kid.

I don't...

No.

I didn't even know he had it.

I didn't know he'd

bring it to school.

So then what happened?

Uh, then Leva...

I took it from Leva

when I see... when I see...

So Leva brought it out.

Then he grabs the gun and runs,

like, out to the guy,

and the kid's still

there, waving his knife?

Kauata:
Look at your brother.

Now he's in trouble.

He's got suspended

to the district

because he's trying

to look out for you,

but he's not doing you

any justice.

Is he doing you justice, babe?

No.

And do you know

how much he loves you?

He will screw up

everything for you.

He will screw up

his scholarship for you.

Do... do you realize that?

I want to be the proud Mom

who goes in and checks

in at the ticket box

and is like, "My son

is playing today."

"My son is playing

football today."

That's where I want to be.

Honey, you've got to...

you have got to want more.

You know he can't fire.

That's why he's pulling

a frickin' knife.

I don't know.

What do you mean,

you don't know?

Kauata:
The gun was loaded,

ready to be shot.

And you... you did know

he had the gun.

Vita:
No. It wasn't

the same gun. He had...

Oh, so there's another gun?

Yeah. Exactly.

No one's going to DT but Leva.

Oh, but it's all right

they're gonna keep

that kid who went around

wielding a knife at anybody?

Look, he's asking to get...shot.

See, that's what

I'm talking about.

It doesn't matter.

We can't control

the way they are, Fua.

Fua, voice-over:

Bloomfield, Bloomfield.

We're known as fighters

and gangsters and, you know,

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