The D1 Head Coach that was providing this information said:
"A new change to the rule requires that if a student receives an Academic scholarship and their GPA is < 3.5 and the SAT score was less than something (I cannot remember that part) that the academic scholarship will count against the 11.7 athletic scholarships available. "
He said "This means that sometimes it is more than just about talent. In the past, if a player was not able to be offered athletic scholarship money, but he was able to get academic money, a coach could take him without it counting against his 11.7. Now if that player does not meet the minimum threshold, his academic money would count against the 11.7 and the coach would have to cut the player because he did not have the space to keep him."