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Or we might attract more members that don't have underage drinking as a priority.
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That's a very unrealistic view. First off, not EVERYONE is interested in the greek system. Otherwise you'd have a much higher membership level.
I'm a believer in the free market system. It would dictate that if there was a demand for fraternities that really cracked down on underage drinking -- explelling underage drinkers for example -- then someone would have success with that idea. There would be a fraternity out there that found a niche and succeeded.
Has that really happened? Have the nationally dry fraternities outpaced the wet ones? Will they ever?
The answer -- not unless the courts intervene. And what's to say that if they put all national fraternities out of business that we'll still not have a successful wet house at the local level? It is my constitutional right after all to associate with anyone that I want to.
If you ignore it and say it's prohibited, sure you'll catch some chapters violating the rules. Maybe you'll even get to yank a few charters. However, nearly every single one of your other chapters that doesn't get caught will still be practicing it. What national GLO wants to commit suicide like that?
The answer is education, good risk reduction practices and strong leadership. New rules would have a very low impact on changing people's behavior.
LHT
Kevin
MT 5
University of Central Oklahoma