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The most idiotic part about a cap is the thinking that it will help smaller houses out. Essentially what it does is creates smaller houses at the top while the smaller houses stay small.
In this instance, had SigEp only taken 55 or whatever the cap was the remaining 20 would not have joined one of the smaller houses, they would've gone to another top house where they fit in and had friends. The trickle down theory wouldn't work because at some point, those really stellar guys wouldn't be satisfied with joining a subpar house...they'd want to go SigEp.
If the intent of the school is to actually assist the smaller to mid-range houses, they need to get their headquarters to come and help and they need to provide individual assistance through the Greek Affairs Office. I'd assert that there are some groups on the campus that don't want to get bigger. Essentially what is happening is the mid-range houses are trying to get larger and feel that by holding down SigEp, it will help them out.
My question is, with SigEp being on probation, how does that make it more fair to the other houses? I'd bet that SigEp goes and exceeds their cap again and exascerbates the situation. Pike, Sigma Nu, KA, Phi Psi, Phi Kappa Sigma, etc. all can't compete because they do not go out and aggressively recruit like they should and change the system like SigEp has done.
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