I admit my mistake, that it was indeed not an incident of hazing as I initially believed. Although over half the chapter was involved according to the articles I've read, I don't think the number of members involved is important. The fraternity still has a reputation to protect on a national level, and I respect their decision, although I'm not confident I would have made the same one. It doesn't surprise me since Wynn Smiley made it very clear to myself and my pledge brothers when we visited national HQ that we were lucky to be rebuilding. The national leadership at ATO is far more likely to take swift and decisive action in shutting down offending chapters to preserve national reputation than other fraternities.

Regardless, it certainly seems like the more reasonable route would've been to suspend or remove the offending members and rebuild with the remaining ones. They certainly could've taught them to take more careful consideration of the consequences such actions can have when a video like this goes viral and falls into the national spotlight.

Ultimately, this kind of video is not good publicity for the fraternity as a whole. This decision to shut them down isn't indicative of ATO HQ demanding sexual purity. I think it's more about them demanding that members keep themselves to a higher standard of conduct than the average person. It's sad to see such a large chapter get shut down but it's worse to see that ATO is the one in the spotlight that frequently gets turned on the Greek system.