I thought that was about Amahl Pellegrino continuing to draw a pay check in MLS until I saw the previous page
Supposedly, according to Gold and other witnesses who were there, it was self-defense because Ronnie Morriss kept threatening and coming after him.
Strangely but very slightly related, I just read the other day that Buford Pusser, the real-life sheriff portrayed in Walking Tall, apparently shot his wife to death at close range. He had claimed it was a mobster hit attempt against his own life. She was apparently a domestic abuse victim even before the murder, but his reputation held him above suspicion.
Re Pusser, It's also worth noting that he was first elected after the incumbent sheriff was killed in a car accident while supposedly trying to run him (his opponent) off the road or something... given that it turned out he killed his wife and blamed a bunch of people that he also then killed, you have to wonder if that's really how it went down. Dude was racking up serial killer numbers so it wouldn't be surprising if he just offed the guy in order to win.
Hey @TyffaneeSue, 10+ years ago, the AYSO background check forms used to ask if you had ever been arrested. Do you know what the current process is? So for example, would David Gold have to fill out a space that says, I shot and killed a man, or, since no charges were pressed, is he ok to coach without saying anything? He says he wants to get back to coaching.
They haven't stopped asking that, as far as I know--and they ask many more questions too. The league was always strict, and sometimes about stupid stuff. Like visiting scholars/partners at Stanford couldn't volunteer unless they had US social security numbers. I remember a volunteer with a very common name who was red-flagged because someone else with that name had committed a crime in another state. What shocked me -- listening in to conversations at the section level -- was that they always assumed that volunteers had nefarious intentions. So Dave Gold can lie to AYSO, but they will probably figure it out. Maybe he can coach in an adult league? They may not be so stringent.
Is it really "have you ever been arrested" or have you been convicted of a crime? "Arrested" doesn't seem right because you could have been unfairly arrested and released with no charges. "Killed my best friend but I had to or he was gonna kill me" is probably a bit of an edge case.
You don't need to have been arrested. I remember a couple of parents in the midst of nasty divorces where the ex-partners had filed a TRO against them -- they couldn't coach or referee even if their only "crime" was annoying their ex.
Back when i was an AYSO CVPA (I forget what that means, but I had to collect all the background check forms), I am pretty sure the text asked if you had ever been arrested. I had a parent who had been arrested as a student for carrying an open can of beer around a UCSB campus party. So he had to go through an additional process to be allowed to coach. I advised him to try and get the thing expunged from his record.
Just watched Matías Almeyda's Sevilla lose to Villarreal 2-1 (in Sevilla). Excellent, intense game start to finish. The announcers praised Almeyda for how he has revived Sevilla and discussed his career in MX and Greece. Made no mention of the EQ.