Those that didn't get in line knew they'd eventually be demoted to penny-stock status.
Carlton Cole's reward for his public complaints about West Ham's current plight was to be demoted to the bench.
Liuzzi's German team mate Adrian Sutil, who had suffered a driveshaft failure in final practice, qualified 14th but will be demoted five places on the starting grid for an unscheduled gearbox change.
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Hamilton took the checkered flag ahead of Massa and Nick Heidfeld, only to be demoted to third when stewards punished his corner-cutting during his battle with Raikkonen by adding 25 seconds to his time.
Before the game, Davis had a meeting with manager Terry Collins and GM Sandy Alderson, who also spoke to reporters and addressed weeks of speculation about whether the first baseman should be demoted to the minors.
However, the sites that claim to be unfairly demoted may simply not be relevant in searches for a host of other reasons, such as irrelevant content or paid linking.
The difference between making it back onto the tour and being demoted to the Nationwide might only be a couple of dozen golf shots over the course of a season, but the financial repercussions are huge.
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However, a court case in Paris in October last year revealed him to be Denis Lion, a manager who had been temporarily demoted from his position in the bank's internal audit department in May 1999.
It was Alonso's turn to be furious at the Italian Grand Prix later that year when he was demoted five places for allegedly holding up Schumacher's team-mate Felipe Massa in qualifying.
Warren Buffett, the Omaha, Nebraska, investor whom Gates demoted to being merely the second richest American, seems an unlikely person to be among his closest pals.
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