 The new academic threshold for postseason eligibility will go fully into effect in 2015-16 after a phase-in period.Financial data in the report revealed that athletics spending and subsidies provided by most FBS institutions to their athletics budgets are rising more quickly than educational budgets.This, together with opinions from a 2009 “Presidential Survey on the Cost and Financing of Intercollegiate Athletics,” underscored the Commission's urgency to address the escalating costs of college sports through collaborative measures, which require support from presidents, NCAA leadership, university boards of trustees and conferences across the country.