I'm going to guess that caps are put in place by universities in the same spirit as universities (Dartmouth being the most recent harsh example) regulating and sometimes punishing GLOs regarding alcohol, housing and other issues. If an organization is housed at a school or takes school money for any reason or the school is part of the chapter's charter, then the school has a right to regulate the actions/policies of that chapter.
I'm going to also guess that caps are more of a concern at very large public universities or HBCUs whose students have had tremendous interest in GLOs. With the elimination of pledging, lines seem to have gotten larger and larger, and caps MAY (don't know this for sure) be a way to deal with that issue (not sure why the university would be concerned, but just guessing). Btw, does anyone know of lines of 30+ before 1990?
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