Sentence examples for second tier player from inspiring English sources

"I would fear that he would end up like Justin Fashanu [the English footballer who killed himself after revealing that he was gay]." The last German footballer to come out was second tier player Marcus Urban, who told Die Welt in 2007 that he knew of at least three gay footballers in the Bundesliga who were too scared to reveal their sexuality.

Second, a careful reading of tech politics suggests the takeover of Twitter is an unlikely occurrence given the weakness of second tier players like Yahoo and Sun and the strengths of Microsoft and Google.

Your brand deteriorates, and you can move very quickly from being a first tier player to one in the second or third tier if you don't protect the franchise".

It is part of a vague second-tier of social networks that assemble under the MySpace/Facebook giants and includes Hi5 (which is fast becoming a first tier player), Bebo, Piczo, Orkut and Friendster.

But Madoff was a second-tier player.

Such is the career of a second-tier player.

"They are a second-tier player in a business with big, strong competitors".

Analysts agreed that the loss of Vivo would relegate Portugal Telecom to a second-tier player in its industry.

Lawyers said his release suggested that he was considered a second-tier player compared with Mr. Kerviel.

If a second-tier player were to have a "Tiger-like" playoff, he could carry off some Tiger-like cash.

But Walsh said he would not feel any pressure to sign a superstar, nor will he overpay a second-tier player just to placate the public.