RAMS "PLAYERS" WHO LIVE HERE.
BRIG:
BUT WE KNOW OF ONE WHO LIVES IN
MAKAHA.
HE'S NOT THE OLDEST FORMER RAM,
BUT GETTING THERE, AND KATHY
MUNENO WENT TO
TALK STORY WITH HIM FOR KUPUNA
LIFE.
BRAD MYERS, FORMER LA RAMS
PLAYER: " IN 1953, IT WAS QUITE
DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IT IS
TODAY."
THERE WERE JUST 12 NFL TEAMS
INSTEAD OF TODAYS' 32.
BRAD MYERS, FORMER LA RAMS
PLAYER: "OUTSIDE OF LOS ANGELES
AND SAN FRANCISCO, MOST OF THEM
WERE FROM CHICAGO AND EAST OF
THERE."
JUST 33 PLAYERS, INSTEAD OF
TODAYS 53, AND NOT QUITE AS BIG.
BRAD MYERS, FORMER LA RAMS
PLAYER: "THEY ARE BIGGER TODAY,
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE FASTER
BUT THEY'RE BIGGER ANYHOW."
AND WHEN THIS STRAPPING SIX-ONE
195-POUND 23-YEAR OLD ROOKIE
HALFBACK WAS DRAFTED BY THE RAMS
66 YEARS AGO.PAY
WAS A LOT LESS.
BRAD MYERS, FORMER LA RAMS
WAS A QUARTERBACK FOR THE RAMS
AND I THINK HE WAS MAKING CLOSE
TO
$15,000 PER YEAR AND EVERYBODY
ELSE WAS BELOW THAT." KATHY
MUNENO: "WHAT DO YOU THINK OF
THE PAY THESE DAYS?" BRAD: "
IT'S
OUTRAGEOUS, OUTRAGEOUS."
BRAD MYERS, FORMER LA RAMS
PLAYER: "I MAKE MORE FROM
PENSION BENEFITS FROM FOOTBALL
THAN I EVER MADE AS A PLAYER."
STILL, NOT BAD FOR A YOUNG MAN
FROM RURAL PENNSYLVANIA WHO
COULDN'T PLAY FOOTBALL UNTIL HE
WAS 17 YEARS OLD.
BRAD MYERS, FORMER LA RAMS
PLAYER: "WELL I ALWAYS LOVED
FOOTBALL FROM THE TIME I WAS A
YOUNG KID WE USED TO PLAY
SANDLOT FOOTBALL AND SO
FORTH AND I BEGGED MY PARENTS TO
SEND ME TO LANCASTER SO I COULD
PLAY FOR A HIGH SCHOOL THERE BUT
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN SO."
BUT THEN PREP SCHOOL AND
BUCKNELL..BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY,
WHERE HE RUSHED FOR 2,622 YARDS
AND 32 TOUCHDOWNS OVER
THREE YEARS..HE'S IN ITS HALL OF
FAME.
BRAD'S FIVE-YEAR NFL CAREER
INCLUDED A STINT WITH THE
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES, BUT HIS
HEART WAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE
WITH THE RAMS.
HE WENT TO MANY A GAME WHILE
LIVING IN LA FOR SO MANY YEARS
WORKING AS A STOCKBROKER AND
MUTUAL FUND WHOLESALER.BUT
THEN IN 1990 HIS HEART FOUND
HAWAII.
BRAD MYERS, FORMER LA RAMS
PLAYER: "WE LIKED IT SO MUCH AND
WE GOT TO KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE WE
DECIDED TO MOVE HERE 12 YEARS
AGO, IT'LL BE 12 YEARS THIS
MOVED HERE IN 2007."
NANCY: "GOT A LITTLE ONE."
BRAD: " .COUPLE DAYS AND THEY'LL
BE READY."
BRAD MET HIS WIFE NANCY IN LA
ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO WHEN SHE SAYS
SHE BUMPED HIS CAR IN A PARKING
LOT.NOW ON THE WEST
ACADEMY.
NANCY SMYTH-MYERS, BRAD'S WIFE:
"WE HAD QUITE A LIFE, A WHOLE
DIFFERENT WORLD FROM WHERE WE
ARE HERE, BUT IT'S AS MUCH
PLENTIFUL AS
ANYTHING BOTH OF US HAVE EVER
HAD SO WE HAD A LOT OF
EVERYTHING AND THIS IS OUR
HOME."
OLD, NO LINGERING FOOTBALL
INJURIES HE SAYS.THESE DAYS
TENDS THEIR LUSH AND FRUITFUL
GARDEN.
KATHY MUNENO " DO YOUR NEIGHBORS
KNOW YOU'RE A FORMER RAMS
PLAYER? " BRAD MYERS, FORMER LA
RAMS PLAYER: "WELL I IMAGINE A
LOT OF THEM
DO BECAUSE MY WIFE TOOTS MY
HORN, ALL THE TIME SHE'S TALKING
ABOUT ME."
NANCY SMYTH-MYERS, BRAD'S WIFE:
"HE'S SO HUMBLE, HE NEVER TELLS
ANYBODY ANYTHING, I MEAN NO ONE
WOULD KNOW THAT HE DOES A
THING."
KATHY MUNENO: "DO YOU STILL
WATCH GAMES ON SUNDAY?" BRAD
EVERY SUNDAY, MY WIFE WANTS ME
THE BEACH WITH HER I TELL HER
NOT TODAY."
KATHY MUNENO: "WHEN YOU WATCH IT
NOW, DO YOU WATCH WITH A
CRITICAL EYE OR CAN YOU JUST?
BRAD MYERS, FORMER LA RAMS
PLAYER: OH I'M
ALWAYS CRITICAL ABOUT EVERYTHING
WHEN IT COMES TO FOOTBALL YAH."
THEY USED TO GO TO PRO BOWL
PRACTICES WHEN THAT WAS
HERE.OTHER THAN THAT, NO PRO
GAMES SINCE MOVING HERE.BUT
MARISA YAMANE, HTA
COMMUNICATIONS AND PR DIRECTOR:
"HI, SO ON BEHALF OF THE HAWAII
TOURISM AUTHORITY AND THE STATE
OF
HAWAII, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU 2
TICKETS, TO THE GAME AND
THEY'RE ON THE 50 YARD LINE"
BRAD MYERS, FORMER LA RAMS
PLAYER: "WONDERFUL THANK YOU
EXCITED?" BRAD: "YES. VERY
MUCH"
BRAD WITH HIS CRITICAL EYES AND
NANCY WITH HER RAMS BLUE AND
GOLD HONU ON HER TOES.
NANCY: "YAY, GO RAMS"
.THEY'RE READY.
KATHY MUNENO: "ANY PREDICTIONS?"
BRAD: " WELL I'M HOPING THE RAMS
WILL WIN LAUGH." FOR KUPUNA
LIFE, KATHY MUNENO KHON2 NEWS.
BRIGETTE:
DASH:
JUSTIN:
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