2nd Account Rules1. The name of the second account must adhere to the following naming protocol to facilitate control and visibility: FirstAccountName_2nd E.g. TopGun2_2nd. No excuses will be accepted for any second accounts with names outside of this protocol and the accounts will be dealt with accordingly.
2. The second account's club name is a free choice of the manager.
3. The two clubs being run by one user must be linked via Manager > My Account > Linked Accounts and must be in different leagues.
2nd accounts are not allowed to apply for a club ranked in the top 100 (as shown on the vacancy list).
Rule 3 must be strictly obeyed at all times.
As with main accounts, second account managers should not seek to apply for clubs previously managed by themselves.
4. Friendly matches must not be played between two accounts run by the same person under any circumstances. This will be checked regularly and any breaches will be very strictly dealt with. Testing tactics by playing against another team you manage is not part of the deal and will not be tolerated. Organisers of friendly tournaments can decide their own rules regarding entries from 2nd accounts but under no circumstances can a match between them go ahead. If they are drawn to play each other then one team must forfeit. Again, the rules are clear, no excuses will be accepted and breaches of the rule will not be tolerated.
5. Similarly, under no circumstances can reserve matches be played between clubs managed by the same person.
If your two accounts are drawn together in the IAG Cup or Inter Cup, players must be selected for their field positions in the formation chosen for each team, and in each position the highest rated available player must be used. Selecting players to play out of position in this situation is strictly forbidden. The reason for this rule is to prevent any artificial advantage being given to either side.
Any transgression of this rule will result in both accounts being asked to find new teams: failure to do so will result in the accounts being banned.
6. Managers with first and second accounts are not permitted to do any action with one account that might benefit the other one in any way. This includes, but is not limited to, playing friendly or reserve matches (as described in Rules 4 and 5 above) between two such teams and divulging financial information on the public forums about bids received on either team's transfer listed players.
7. Managers are reminded that the Rules of Itsagoal state the following about transfers: The managers of linked accounts are forbidden from bidding on the Transfer Market for the same player.
8. Any breaches of these rules will render the 2nd account invalidated and, as such, the user will be dealt with as a standard multiple accounts case. Invariably this will result in the loss of one or both accounts and any future requests for a 2nd account will be rejected. If any user becomes aware of a breach in any of these rules they should contact a Mod who will take the appropriate action: confidentiality is assured.
9. Any user who would like to create a second account must obtain approval
IN ADVANCE from the Mods. To do this a
thread has been created in the General Discussions forum in which you must request authorisation to create the second account and you must confirm the intended name of the account and the intended name of the club. You will be notified by PM if your request has been accepted. You must also subsequently post which league your new club is in (and details of any club change required under rule 3). The first post in that thread will then be updated to maintain a full list of all 2nd accounts and their clubs, visible for all to see.
