IU football coach Curt Cignetti: ‘We’ve got a chance to be as good as we want to be’
Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti shares his overall impressions of the team’s performance during spring practice.
BORDEN — Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti is eager for some clarity from the governing bodies of college athletics.
He anticipates the House v. NCAA settlement to move forward in the coming weeks, but told reporters during an appearance at the athletic department’s annual booster dinner at Huber’s Orchard & Winery that the coming revenue-sharing framework and NIL clearinghouse won’t solve all the issues plaguing collegiate athletics.
“We need regulation, we need rules, so that will all can plan and do what we are hired to do cause right now there’s just a lot of uncertainty,” Cignetti said. “How many portal windows are there going to be? When are they going to be? And I could go on and on. We got to get the industry fixed, the game is great. We got to get the industry fixed.”
The final approval of the settlement won’t do much to impact IU football’s day-to-day operations. Much of the Power Four was already operating under the proposed revenue-sharing framework back when the portal opened December.
“There was a lot of front-loading of NIL deals, people trying to make transactions before the rev-share did pass because of the NIL Go will go into effect immediately,” Cignetti said. “That created a bit of a different world and some anxiety, a little more anxiety than normal.”
Cignetti is more concerned about the lack of clarity on the other major topics impacting collegiate athletics including the transfer portal and eligibility rules.
He circled back to the topic when he talked about IU’s 2026 signing class.
The class currently features nine verbal commitments — Cignetti hinted that there’s more to come — but…
Source link : https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/sports/college/iu/2025/05/28/indiana-football-coach-curt-cignetti-revenue-sharing-transfer-portal-college-football-playoff-debate/83719672007/
Author :
Publish date : 2025-05-28 23:01:00
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
