The former tier one general route - open to highly skilled migrants without a job offer - will be closed.
As a former second-tier high-school and college swimmer, I recall that there was little fuel for outsize egos or rewards for stupid stunts.
After three years at Olympia a short stint at Uralan Elista, a former top-tier club that collapsed when Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the Kalmykia Republic governor, lost interest, ended in 2004.
This was the case with Mark, a former top-tier gymnast, who learned the lesson the hard way.
"I remember he denied me with a lucky save". It is not often a club from the ninth tier can boast a former Germany youth international who grew up playing alongside Philipp Lahm at Bayern Munich.
Carlton, a former Gillingham and Charlton player, joined the second-tier side from Women's Premier League South club Brighton in April.
A few blocks up Columbia Street from Elegantly Iced is Nine Cakes, which Betsy Thorleifson, a former harpsichordist from Washington State, opened just over a year ago, focusing on tiered specialty cakes.
The 36-year-old Portuguese, a former Celtic scout, has taken charge at French second-tier side Clermont Foot.
And it was the carrot of third-tier football that attracted Robertson - a former Scotland Under-21 international - amongst other factors to sign for Steve Davis' side.
Earlier Thursday, a former FIFA ticketing partner made allegations about selling top-tier World Cup tickets at three times face value.
Founded by Rachel Rodin, a fashion stylist, and Louise Youngson-Klasfeld, a former physical therapist, the site is scheduled to officially begin in early April with two tiers of service.
