Leadership

Chief Executive Officer

Bryan Seeley was named the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of the College Sports Commission in May 2025. As CEO, Seeley is responsible for overseeing all of the College Sports Commission’s ongoing operations and stakeholder relationships.

Seeley is an accomplished attorney and executive with extensive experience managing high-profile, complex matters inside and outside the sports industry. With a deep background in compliance, Seeley is adept at developing, interpreting, and enforcing rules and regulations. A former prosecutor, he brings first-chair trial and appellate experience along with a demonstrated ability to negotiate resolutions to internal and external conflicts. He has a track record of building high-performing and collaborative teams that work across departments.

Seeley most recently served as Executive Vice President, Legal & Operations at Major League Baseball (MLB), where he oversaw five departments spanning critical areas such as investigations, compliance, state government relations, sports betting integrity, international litigation, security and stadium and office operations, while providing counsel to MLB’s central leadership and its 30 Clubs. During his time at MLB, Seeley was responsible for developing and leading critical league-wide efforts including MLB’s approach to the legalization of sports betting, the league’s cross-departmental response to the COVID-19 pandemic and multiple investigations into circumvention of international compensation caps. Earlier in his career, Seeley served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, prosecuting fraud, public corruption and violent crime cases in Washington, D.C. He clerked for a judge on the U.S. District Court in Baltimore and has taught trial advocacy at Harvard Law School.

Seeley earned a B.A. in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He and his wife have two young children and will reside in the Washington, D.C. area.

Head of Operations & Deputy General Counsel

John Bramlette will oversee many of the day-to-day operations of the Commission and provide legal counsel related to the new rules on revenue sharing, student-athlete NIL deals and roster limits. With his extensive legal, operational and strategic experience, Bramlette will help build and lead the organization as it begins its work overseeing transformative changes to college athletics.

Bramlette joins the College Sports Commission following a distinguished tenure with the Washington Nationals, where he most recently served as Chief of Staff & Senior Vice President of Internal Operations. In this role, oversaw ballpark operations, business administration, and the club’s philanthropic entity, Washington Nationals Philanthropies. Prior to that, he served as Vice President & Deputy General Counsel for the Nationals, where he advised team leadership on complex legal matters, including contract negotiations, compliance and litigation management.

Prior to joining the Nationals, Bramlette collected a broad range of experience at the intersection of business operations and amateur sports during stints at Ripken Baseball and The Headfirst Companies. Bramlette began his career as a litigation association at Nixon Peabody LLP. He holds a J.D. from the George Washington University Law School and a B.A. in Political Science with Honors from Haverford College, where he was a varsity baseball player.

Bramlette lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his wife and two children.