sae outlaws pledging nationally?

That's crazy

RIP SAE

Apparently they will be official members and initiated right after bids are given out. SAE will be like beta in a few years haha

This is a pretty big change for SAE to go through...

We are not talking about some new member education plan or some new anti-hazing policy.

This is the total and complete ending of the idea of pledgship....not just at a few chapters but at every single chapter of SAE in the nation.

SAE will never be the same.

Supposedly SAE will need to initiate new member within 96 hours of accepting a bid.

Expect to see several of SAE's best chapters get kicked off in the next few years for not following the national policy.

If enough get kicked off this could cripple SAE nationally for decades.

This policy sucks for SAE...

From now on every chapter that tries to have any sort of pledging will be risking getting kicked off.

Too bad...SAE is one of the better national frats.

Well the new member policy doesn't seem to detract SAEs from this website.

makes me sad for the state of Greek life. Obviously SAE has a serious problem nationally with deaths and chapters getting kicked off, but if they could sink to this I'm not optimistic for the rest of us.

If this can happen to SAE it can happen to anyone.

Hell Fiji and Phi Delt have already gone "dry" nationally.

Meaning they can't have alcohol at any chapter housing or functions.

Now obliviously a lot of Fiji and Phi Delt chapters don't follow this rule...but still it shows where things are headed.

Y'all may be laughing at SAE now but they're one of the largest and best national fraternities, and I would be surprised if other fraternities follow suit in the next few years. This is bad for all of greek life.

This is most likely is a move to help keep nationals out of trouble with hazing lawsuits. However I'm sure most established and respectable chapters will continue to have an underground pledgeship even if they're "new members" on paper.