Bryan Seeley begins his role as Employee No. 1 at the College Sports Commission (CSC) amid the new revenue-sharing era in college sports. His responsibilities include ensuring compliance with player compensation rules, hiring staff, and establishing investigative and punishment protocols. With a background in high-profile league investigations, Seeley acknowledges this venture feels like a start-up, predicting a two to three-year adjustment period. He aims to handle the complexities of enforcing payment rules while navigating relationships among numerous schools and sports.
As he attempts to run an organization responsible for bringing order to a chaotic industry, Seeley has a long to-do list: hire a staff, establish investigative processes, determine fair punishment standards and build relationships across hundreds of schools and dozens of sports.
The former federal prosecutor with degrees from Princeton and Harvard estimated it would take two to three years to work through the kinks of this new system before anyone could fairly judge if the CSC was successfully fulfilling its mission.
This is a start-up,' Seeley told ESPN during an interview at the end of his first day. 'It's not like I'm walking into nothing, but in many ways this is a true start-up.'
His job description is simple but far from easy. Seeley and the CSC must enforce a new set of rules that dictate how players can be paid.
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