Being a Division I Athlete in a Fraternity

[DrPhil]

Case-by-case and chapter-by-chapter basis.

I advise every aspirant (athlete or nonathlete) to never go into it telling the members what you can and cannot do/will and will not do. Your athlete status is no secret so the fraternity men will probably already know that about you. Let your rigorous schedule be something that they consider after they note your awesomeness. You are not the first or last college student with a relatively inflexible and rigorous schedule (at your school and across schools); and you are not the first or last athlete who "pledged" a fraternity or sorority (either at your school or across schools).

[Fratlete]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Re the anti-Greek teammates: if they're your friends, they'll support you in whatever you want to do. If they don't, they're assholes and not really your friends at all. From what you say, they sound very cliquish and self-limiting, and that's the last thing anyone needs in college - unless you're all going to join the same pro team when you graduate (very unlikely).

You are absolutely right. My teammates that I am actually close to and care about would not hold it against me. However, I know my more judgmental teammates would talk so much shit that my coach would find out which might causes problems (he has been known to get on our cases in the past about parties, especially if we're not performing well). I could honestly see some douchebags going up to our coach ratting me out. If I don't perform well for whatever reason they would love to blame it all on frats. Thats just the way some of them are, which makes me want to rush in the fall even more. I just don't want to end up in a situation that damages my relationship with my coach because of a bunch of shit-talkers. All I can really do is tell him I want to go Greek for the right reasons.

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Case-by-case and chapter-by-chapter basis.

I advise every aspirant (athlete or nonathlete) to never go into it telling the members what you can and cannot do/will and will not do. Your athlete status is no secret so the fraternity men will probably already know that about you. Let your rigorous schedule be something that they consider after they note your awesomeness. You are not the first or last college student with a relatively inflexible and rigorous schedule (at your school and across schools); and you are not the first or last athlete who "pledged" a fraternity or sorority (either at your school or across schools).

I don't do a high profile sport like football/basketball so I fly under the radar. That is some good advice, I will just go through the whole process without really mentioning my athlete status until there's a schedule conflict.