Caps
 

Other than Oklahoma, maybe Arkansas and a few small private schools, I don't know of any place in the country that tries to enforce a cap on fraternities. Can't help the little guys by keeping the big guys down.

yea i remember reading that on their homepage[about them takin 75]..that's awesome....what if the guys didnt wanna go to another frat? why wait...

up, since the fall rush season is almost upon us.

Well i must have missed this during the year but as you all may know i am a Pike At the University of Oklahoma currently:

And my opinion on the Number that they signed which is exactly what all 70+ of those guys are, a number. They did a great job rushing those guys, and they did it by the IFC rules except for the Cap rule which they agreed to. IFC only went after them on this because they broke a rule they agreed to and if someone breaks an IFC rule and gets away with it what is next Kegs in houses again, the ability to not adher to other rules set up to help fraternities stay out of legal trouble. Well the issue isn't that them signing that many guys helps or hurts the Greek system its the breaking of an IFC rule. And The original $20,000 dolar fine was repealed as was the social probation. The new rule because of them signing that many is to stop what will most likely happen from Beta And Lambda Chi and a few other houses that have the history of being the top house on campus from going out this next rush and signing a hundred plus without any reprocusions. Sig Ep came up in the past years due to their great rush and it is amazing that they could do it. We as well as alot of other houses lost potential pledges because of them breaking that rule. During rush nearly every guy came through on the last day before we could give out a bid card saying that it was down to US/Sig Ep/XYZ. So we could have easily have gotten 10 more guys if they hadn't of signed all those guys, but its fine because un like some houses on campus that get cap and then haze guys off they only lost maybe 5-10 guys during pledgship. And yes a house on campus is known to get cap and then haze off 15-20 guys and to them the rest of those guys are adequate to keep their numbers high.



Any questions about this ask me because I Go to OU and was there during the whole thing and i am good friends with Sig Eps here. Yeah and i am trying not to sound mad at the Sig Eps, of course at first we were but over time I see we were just out rushed by them on the guys that went them and not us.

Just wondering what happen at the end. Any new news?

Each fraternity has something to offer. If you want to be small, then be small. If you want to compete, then compete. But saying that 'we would have gotten more guys if the Sig Eps had been prevented from pledging them' sounds a lot like sororities. Sororities believe - or say they believe - that if a girl doesn't get into a strong house she'll be willing to pedge a weak house.
What's wrong with the Betas et al pledging over 100 if they want? If everyone wants to be a Beta or a Delt or an SAE or even a Sig Ep, then they're offering something that everyone wants to buy. The small fraternities have either made the decision not to compete for the top spots, or they're prevented from being a competitor by circumstance (house, etc.). Oklahoma is a great system with a strong tradition. If you're selling Mercedes and Kias for the same price, sure, there'll be a few who will take the Kia. But the lesson is clear. I remember when Sig Ep was a lower tier fraternity at OU. They succeeded due to their own hard work and ambition. Those who are not willing to follow that example have no room to complain. If IFC is in a rule-making mood, then let them address the hazing problem that seems to have been used as an excuse to restrict rush.

Well said.

am i the only one who feels maybe 75 rushes are too much?
maybe i feel that way because my campus isnt as huge as some of you all..