21. Franchises
A franchise is another team that is directly linked to your account but it runs independently from your main team. The franchise team will have its own set of players, income, members, nets etc and effectively run as a separate team. You will not be allowed to trade players between the teams, they must run totally independently.The option to create a franchise team is available to all members. Gold members are permitted to add two franchise teams to their main account and Silver members can add one franchise team to their main account.
To apply for a franchise team, select the Office option under the Main menu. Non-members do not get this option. If the franchise team goes bankrupt, it will close and you will not be allowed to start a new franchise team for eight weeks. If the main team goes bankrupt, any franchise teams will also be lost.
In order to manage the your teams, you will need to swap between them to take control of one team at a time. To select the team you are currently managing, you can make your selection from the Office page under the Main menu.
There are a few additional rules for franchises:
- All teams operated by the same manager must be in a different country to each other.
- The franchise teams will not have any voting privileges in NT/U19 manager elections.
- Teams will not be allowed to emigrate to the same country as another team operated by the same manager.
- The main team must maintain membership to keep franchise teams. If membership runs out and is not resumed within two weeks, the franchise teams will be lost
- If a manager changes from Gold to Silver membership, then the most recently created franchise team will be lost after two weeks.