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A few clarifications...
-SigEp has been growing nationally. So it couldn't have possibly shrunk due to the BMP.
-"Nationals" does not use the term "non-BMP" chapters. The idea is that we're all supposed to be balanced men, whether or not we pledge. Pledging is not an excuse to be balanced.
-There are arguments for both sides, but neither is a cure all. Both pledging and non-pledging model chapters can be wonderful, if they have the right men. Both will fail with the wrong men.
Also, "nationals" is not a faceless entity, as it seems to be portrayed here. The men (real people) who work as HQ staff put in several dozen hours each week for very little pay trying to help undergraduates have the best fraternity experience possible. There are also hundereds of unpaid volunteers who work towards the same goal. To think that HQ is in the business of closing chapters is sort of silly. If they kept closing chapters, where would they work? If a chapter behaves like the gentlemen they claim to be, there's not much chance of being "closed down." And if you don't want to be a gentleman, I say you need to examine why you chose to be a SigEp in the first place.
I'm not saying that everyone needs to be perfect--far from it. But the only way to be able to work hard and play hard is to start by working hard.
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