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[quote=Anonymous]I was talking to a Big 10 head coach of a non revenue sport. A friend.

He convinced his AD to prohibit membership in a frat or sorority. Not just for scholarship athletes but for all team members.

I told him my experience was that certain of my D1 teammates were not mature enough to handle the distractions of a frat, both athletically and academically, and that it is possible to to treat the matter on a case by case basis.He disagrees as the potential for misbehavior and scandal he thinks is too great. Since the way to succeed in non revenue sports is to avoid being seen or heard for the wrong reasons, I can see his perspective.

My teammates did not prosper in frats, save for a walk on from another sport who became an All American. With the rest, their athletic performances degraded substantially and so did their grades. If you were on scholarship, you were a state champion or better, meaning performance levels with no improvement in the top 10 in the conference as a freshman. It was distressing to see performance levels degrade to 9th grade levels, and academic and career choices suffer.

I was glad I steered clear. It was the last thing I needed as an immature kid. The self esteem of my frat teammates seemed very bound up in being in a frat, though, so it was their North Star.

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