What if sorority recruitment were run like the NFL Draft?
 

Last night my friend and I pondered the hilarity that could ensue if sorority recruitment were run like the NFL draft.

A combine to assess membership potential
Draft in order of lowest relative recruiting strength to highest
Draft according to (exec) position/talent needs
Draft for a set number of rounds and then have a pool of undrafted free agents

Might be a little tough on self-esteem, but hey, it would drive home the point that it's an honor to join any chapter!





Not serious of course.

You know, this could actually help weaker chapters since they'd have first pick!

Your sports analogy made me think of this thread. (Yes, I am an attention whore bumping my own thread, but I honestly had forgotten I was the one who started it.)

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...all#post369141

But quite frankly, I think that rush is more like the NFL draft than we suspect. Such as things like pledging the homely girl because she plays piano and you need someone in the sorority to do that at Greek Sing.

Will they be able to swap picks and all that stuff?

That is hilarious... talk about leveling the playing field. Imagine the anticipation as recruitment registrations begin to pour in over the summer and chapters assess their needs, gaps and strategy for the upcoming draft.

Who will go in the first round? Which "team" will trade a first round pick for players to be named later? What "signing bonus" will entice those elite first round draftees to accept the bid.... premier laundry privileges? deluxe single room? reserved cabana on the sun deck? Stay tuned for all the action!

Do people actually do that though, with any frequency at all? Seriously, we never would have considered that during MS (and ugh at "homely" in the first place.) No one on my campus was pledging women just so they'd win the yearly flag football tourney (big deal), swimming contests or homecoming parade float...

And no, I cannot say for sure what happened outside of my chapter, but that stuff gets around.

"We can guarantee you an exec position by your sophomore year."

Of course!

Not a good idea.

Do sororities need ANY more members who are over 220 pounds?!?!

I LOVE this thread!! I just started fantasy football. I think as serving on the recruitment committee and VP Recruitment, my mind has always worked like this while looking at the PNM's profiles.

This would make an excellent YouTube video. Hmm... It may be happening.

This is hilarious! Greek Week is a big deal at my campus, and we joked about recruiting girls for based on our Powderpuff Team.

This is hilarious. I keep writing and deleting because I instantly went into analysis mode of how this could work, where the pitfalls would be. It's 9:36 AM, and I already need to turn my brain off!

I wonder if then you could trade draft picks??

recruiting girls over 220 pounds is an advantage during greek week for tug-o-war competitions :D

Good fullbacks are hard to find...heheheh

Love this thread! Thanks for the laugh!

I'm imagining commentators at Greek events saying stuff like, "You know, XYZ's decision to pick up Suzie Jones was one of their best this season. She's been a great addition to their tug-o-war team."

Not if there is a weight limit per team. When I was in school, the tug team could be any number of girls, but not to exceed 1200 pounds. We jumped on an animal scale together and weighed in. I wish we had camera phones back then because it was quite a sight.

This. Is. Brilliant!

Aaaaand, I found this picture...
http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/phot...67927_7335.jpg

Ok, I totally thought of this thread while watching Ivanhoe last week. They were having a jousting competition, and I thought that one of the contestants' (knights' ?) colors looked like Pi Phi colors. Then I cracked up and imagined Greek Week with 12th century competitions. Anyone?

KSUViolet06-OMG you had me on the floor LMAO!!!!!!

This thread is made of awesome. I can't believe I never saw it before.

Sororities have actually used football jerseys as bid day shirts. They were done in the sorority colors with the sorority name on the front and each class had their year as the number on the back.

This would be so AWESOME!

I find this extra ironic since I work for the NFL.

Now, when I get drafted, please don't put the ball cap on my head when I get to the podium. It will mess up my hair!
And who will I bearhug instead of Roger Goodell?

YESsssssssss!

I was just thinking the same thing.

My sick sense of humor just kicked in...

This would put whole new meaning into the phrase:
"She - Could - Go - All - The - WAY!"

If someone wants to write a story treatment, I'll submit the idea to creative types I know to see if they want to run with it.

And then there is the lonely green room shot of Holly Homecoming who's mother, aunt and older sister were all homecoming queens. She was projected as a Top Ten pick but is still sitting there mid-way in the second round. The TV commentators are speculation as to why she has fallen so far in the draft, "Well, Martha, I was just told that Holly's GPA put her in the yellow zone and on preview weekend she made out with the president of ABC's boyfriend. Back to you, in the studio."

More, more! Bravissima!